Seepage Survey Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2021)
This 2020 annual waste rock and seepage survey report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents geochemical monitoring of waste rock storage areas and seepage quality from multiple mine pits and underground operations. The report identifies five seeps of potential concern based on exceedances of effluent quality criteria and 95th percentile screening thresholds, with detailed adaptive management responses outlined for each.
- Date
- 2021-04-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Bureau Veritas, Dominion Diamond Mines ULC
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Misery Underground, Pigeon Pit, Lynx Pit, Sable Pit, Jay Pipe, Bearclaw Lake, Pelzer Pond, Three Hump Lake, South Fox Lake, Cujo Lake, Lac de Gras, Mossing Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility
- Parameters
- waste rock seepage quality, waste rock geochemical characterization, coarse kimberlite rejects, acid rock drainage, acid-base accounting, neutralization potential, potentially acid generating, water quality, ammonia, sulphate, chloride, nitrate, nitrite, metals, trace elements, pH, conductivity, hardness, total suspended solids, alkalinity, effluent quality criteria, seeps of potential concern, thermal monitoring, permafrost
- Pages
- 379
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