Project Description, Proposed Development of Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 1999)
BHP Diamonds Inc. proposes development of three additional kimberlite pipes (Beartooth, Pigeon, and Sable) at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, utilizing open pit mining methods and existing site infrastructure. The document details mining methods, waste rock and water management strategies, environmental impacts and mitigation measures, and reclamation plans including post-closure pit lake development for fisheries habitat replacement.
- Date
- 1999-02-01
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Bryant Environmental Consultants Ltd., Norecol, Dames & Moore, Diavik
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Beartooth Lake, Beartooth Pipe, Upper Panda Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Panda Pit, Pigeon Pipe, Pigeon Pond, Pigeon Stream, Exeter Lake, Long Lake Containment Area, Big Reynolds Pond, Little Reynolds Pond, Sable Lake, Sable Pipe, Two Rock Lake, Ulu Lake, Ursula Lake, Ursula Esker, Koala, Panda Diversion Channel, Misery area, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- kimberlite mining, open pit mining, waste rock management, water management, dewatering, acid rock drainage, water quality, suspended solids, ammonia, fish habitat, fisheries replacement, pit lake development, caribou migration, wildlife impacts, runoff quality, sediment management, acid-base accounting, geochemical characterization, reclamation, closure planning
- Pages
- 38
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