Public Hearing Transcript, Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories (Multiple parties, January 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Rae-Edzo on January 25, 1996, reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed diamond mine development in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories. The hearing included presentations by BHP on the project proposal and environmental studies, followed by community presentations from Dogrib people expressing concerns about land rights, caribou impacts, and demands for a written impact benefits agreement before project approval.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Yellowknives Dene Band, Metis Nation of the NWT, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Environment, Government of the Northwest Territories, ResCan Environmental Services, DiaMet Minerals Limited
- Locations
- Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Lac La Martre, Coppermine, Coppermine River, Long Lake, Barren Lands, Bathurst Inlet, Echo Bay, Lupin Gold Mine, Dettah, Pine Point, Fort Norman, Providence, Franklin, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
- Parameters
- diamond mining, open pit mining, underground mining, water quality, fish and aquatic life, caribou, wildlife habitat, grizzly bears, birds, vegetation, air quality, climate, tailings management, environmental monitoring, closure and reclamation, employment, socio-economic impacts, traditional land use, heritage sites, kimberlite deposits
- Pages
- 71
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