NWT Diamonds Project Scoping Presentation, Response to Draft EIS Guidelines (BHP Billiton, March 1995)
This NWT Diamonds Project overview document presents BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed diamond mine development at Lac de Gras, including site layouts for multiple phases (1997-2006), environmental assessment schedules, and detailed responses to key project issues including water quality, caribou impacts, grizzly bear management, and employment/training initiatives. The document demonstrates project feasibility with onsite power generation and existing winter road access, while addressing concerns about cumulative effects, traditional knowledge incorporation, and mitigation strategies for wildlife disturbance.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Charles E. Fipke, Dr. Stuart L. Blusson
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Koala Watershed, Panda Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Koala Lake, Kodiak Lake, Yellowknife, Cambridge Bay, Coronation Gulf, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou abundance, grizzly bear populations, employment and training, tailings management, kimberlite rock weathering, acid generation, wildlife habitat, caribou migration, bear safety, environmental assessment
- Pages
- 38
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