The recent submission to the federal government of an environmental assessment for the proposed Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories sets in motion the permitting process for what will be, in all …
They said it couldn’t be done. They said caribou herds and other wildlife would be at risk. They warned that fish habitat would be lost, that lakes would be drained, and that the aboriginal way of lif…
Northern Miner StaffOften overshadowed by metals and hydrocarbons, the industrial minerals sector was a $3-billion business in 1997, providing about 15% of the value of Canada’s mineral production. Ad…
Exploration drilling on the Ekati mine site project in the Northwest Territories has identified seven additional kimberlite pipes, raising to 107 the number found there to date.Six of the seven pipes …
Aur Resources Inc., is a Canadian-based, international company with two producing mines and four exploration offices in the Americas. Our Regional Exploration Office located in Flin Flon, Manitoba, is…
Simons Mining Group and Aboriginal Engineering Ltd. (AEL) have signed an agreement in anticipation of increased development activity in the diamond district of the Northwest Territories.The fit is a c…
John Hainey, mining analyst for Yorkton Securities, was among the first to understand the significance of the diamond discoveries in the Lac de Gras region of Canada’s Northwest Territories. These day…
Milk producers do it, along with egg farmers. Wheat farmers do it (though some would rather not), while oil producers tried to do it, but weren’t disciplined enough to suceeed. Microsoft’s Bill Gates …
Mining history will be made this fall with the official opening of the Ekati diamond mine in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories.Operated and 51% owned by Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-…
Prospector Stewart Blusson is vending his 31.2% participating interest in the outlying Buffer zone portion of the Ekati diamond mine project to Archon Minerals (ACS-V).Ekati, which will soon become Ca…
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