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A. ^ Harry Winston Diamond Mines owns 40% and Diavik Diamond Mines, which is 100% owned by the Rio Tinto, owns 60%. B. ^ Dominion Diamond Corporation owns 88.9% while Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson each own 10%. C. ^ Mountain Province Diamonds owns 44%, De Beers Canada 51% and Camphor Ventures 4.9% D. ^ Pine Point and Port Radium are ghost ...
Diavik Diamond Mine is an industrial complex set in a remote, subarctic landscape. It consists of four kimberlite pipes associated with the Lac de Gras kimberlite field and is located on an island 20 km 2 (7.7 sq mi) in Lac de Gras informally known as East Island.
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.
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake ( 63°26′04″N 109°11′10″W / 63.43444°N 109.18611°W / 63.43444; -109.18611 ( Kennady Lake ) ), in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory [ 1 ] claim block, which is 85 km (53 mi) southeast of the Snap ...
Mining groups are pushing for a mega infrastructure project that connects NWT to Nunavut that runs through the diamond mines could help unlock the mineral riches in the region.
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 ...
Gold mines in the Northwest Territories (17 P) Pages in category "Mines in the Northwest Territories" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Four passengers and two crew members were killed when a plane headed to a diamond mine crashed in Canada’s Northwest Territories, authorities said Wednesday.