Chamber Newsletter: Northern Mining News, June 2016

4 July 2016

In this June newsletter: 

  • NWT Maintains 3rd Place in Global Diamond Production Value
  • Nunavut’s next mine discovers more gold at Doris project
  • And more gold at Sabina’s Back River project too!
  • NIRB recommendations for Back River Project are puzzling
  • NWT Minister overrules land and water board re Diavik A21 project
  • Chamber says: caribou and mineral development can co-exist
  • Ekati Process Plant Fire brings plant shutdown and layoffs
  • NWT’s newest diamond mine moving well towards Q3 production start-up
  • TerraX begins fieldwork at YK City Gold Project – incentive funding helps
  • Peregrine Diamonds files geological report on its advancing NU project
  • Extended Care and Maintenance, with flooding, approved for Snap Lake Mine
  • Ekati Mine Community Newsletter
  • Diavik awards fuel haul contract to Aboriginal firm
  • Mineral Exploration Gets Funding Boost in the Northwest Territories
  • Third NWT Environmental Audit under MVRMA released
  • Mine Rescue Teams Demonstrate Skills during NWT Mining Week
  • NWT Premier – tells colleagues mining is important!
  • NWT Geological Survey Launches Regional Map Series of NWT Mineral Showings
  • Study confirms diesel better option than alternative energy in NWT
  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce Report - Infrastructure Investment needed
  • Chamber Members Feature in 2016 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada
  • Hendrik Falck new President of Geoscientists Canada
  • Arctic Inspiration Prize Call Now Open
  • Scotiabank – Disruptions, Sentiment Drive Crude Higher; Metals Take Breather