Diamonds


Workers at a drill on Agnico Eagle Mines’ Amaruq gold property in Nunavut. Credit: Agnico Eagle Mines.

TNM Data Miner: Canada’s Top 100 Exploration Projects in 2016

The Northern Miner has collaborated with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and IntelligenceMine to present an interactive data board of the top-100 Canadian exploration assets in 2016 based on project expenditures. NRCan contributed, geographically by province and territory,…








De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds’ Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories in 2015. Credit: Mountain Province Diamonds.

Diamonds add sparkle 
to NWT’s economy

VANCOUVER — It’s been 25 years since diamonds were found in the Northwest Territories (NWT) at Lac de Gras, and Hendrik Falck, mineral deposits geologist from the Northwest Territories Geoscience…



Canadian Zinc's Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver project, 500 km west of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Canadian Zinc

Development potential in NWT

Canada’s Northwest Territories is relatively remote, but endowed with mineral potential. Despite the region’s harsh winters and infrastructure deficit, the Northwest Territories hosts Canada’s largest and oldest producing diamond mines,…



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