26 March 2015
A mine rescue exercise took teams from all three NWT diamond mines deep underground at De Beers Snap Lake Mine to hone their skills as part of a joint agreement to assist each other should an emergency arise at one of the mines.
De Beers hosted the second annual mutual aid training exercise on March 14, with personnel from Diavik and Ekati mines joining their Snap Lake counterparts.
All three mines have an agreement that in the event of an emergency at one operation, mine rescuer crews from the other operations will offer assistance as needed. Where De Beers Snap Lake Mine is Canada’s only fully underground diamond mine and the oldest underground diamond mine in the NWT, the exercise was a chance for Snap Lake Mine’s Emergency Response Team to introduce Ekati and Diavik teams to the Snap Lake underground mine and participate in different emergency response scenarios.
A mine rescue exercise took teams from all three NWT diamond mines deep underground at De Beers Snap Lake Mine to hone their skills as part of a joint agreement to assist each other should an emergency arise at one of the mines.
De Beers hosted the second annual mutual aid training exercise on March 14, with personnel from Diavik and Ekati mines joining their Snap Lake counterparts.
All three mines have an agreement that in the event of an emergency at one operation, mine rescuer crews from the other operations will offer assistance as needed. Where De Beers Snap Lake Mine is Canada’s only fully underground diamond mine and the oldest underground diamond mine in the NWT, the exercise was a chance for Snap Lake Mine’s Emergency Response Team to introduce Ekati and Diavik teams to the Snap Lake underground mine and participate in different emergency response scenarios.