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The Ekati Diamond Mine, often simply called Ekati, is Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine [1] and is owned by Burgundy Diamond Mines.It is located 310 km (190 mi) north-east of Yellowknife, [2] Northwest Territories, and about 200 km (120 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, near Lac de Gras.
Lac de Gras was the centre of the diamond rush of the 1990s. There are two working, and one closed, diamond mines in the area, Diavik Diamond Mine, Ekati Diamond Mine, and the care and maintenance Snap Lake Diamond Mine. [2] [3] It was called Ekati by aboriginal peoples.
The Eocene (ca. 55-50 Ma) age diatremes of the Lac de Gras kimberlite field support two world-class diamond mines called Ekati and Diavik. [2] Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, [ 3 ] has produced 40,000,000 carats (8,000 kg) of diamonds out of six open pits between 1998 and 2008, [ 3 ] while Diavik to the southeast has produced 35,400,000 ...
Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited is an end-to-end global diamond company that delivers gem-quality diamonds from its cornerstone asset Ekati Diamond Mine through rough sales to its polished and cut diamond sales office in Perth, Australia.
Ekati Airport (IATA: YOA, ICAO: CYOA) is located at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada and is operated by Arctic Canadian Diamond Company [2] Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency.
and Diavik Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group map 7: 378 235: Misery: NT: Satellite mining camp of the Ekati Diamond Mine map 8: 405 252: Ekati Diamond Mine: NT: Owned by Dominion Diamond Mines, northwest of the road map 9: Pellatt Lake: NT/NU: Crossing the NT/NU border map 10: 568 353: Lupin Gold Mine: NU: Closed 2006, owned by ...
The Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project is a Canadian diamond mine located near Kennady Lake, 280 km northeast of Yellowknife, on federal land.The mine is held by the Gahcho Kue Joint Venture (De Beers 51%, Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. 44.1% and Camphor Ventures 4.9%). [8]
There are a limited number of commercially available diamond mines currently operating in the world, with the 50 largest mines accounting for approximately 90% of global supply. [1] Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground, deposited, and concentrated by water or weather action.