NWT Diamonds Project Description Report (BHP Billiton, December 1994)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submitted a Project Description Report for the proposed NWT Diamonds project, Canada's first diamond mine located 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, describing plans to develop five kimberlite pipes through open pit and underground mining with production from mid-1995 to mid-2021, processing 9,000-18,000 tonnes per day of ore, and addressing environmental and socioeconomic impacts including aquatic habitat loss, wildlife disturbance, and employment generation.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles E. Fipke, Stewart L. Blusson, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Environment, Echo Bay Mines Ltd., Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Coppermine River basin, Lac de Gras, Koala Lake, Panda Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Snare Lake, Lupin Mine, Archean Slave province, Canadian Shield, Mackenzie Valley, Arctic Circle
- Parameters
- diamond mining, open pit mining, underground mining, kimberlite pipes, ore processing, dense media separation, tailings disposal, water quality, aquatic habitat, fish populations, caribou, wildlife, permafrost, waste rock, acid generation, environmental impact assessment, closure and reclamation, socioeconomic impacts, employment
- Pages
- 246
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