List of mines in the Northwest Territories

This is a list of mines in the Northwest Territories and includes both operating and closed mines. Mines that are in operation are in bold. The list does not include mines that were operating prior to 1999 in what is now Nunavut.

Mine Major commodities Associated town Region/locality Owner(s) Dates Comments Coordinates References
Beaulieu Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Burwash Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Camlaren Gold
Cantung Tungsten Tungsten North American Tungsten [1]
Colomac Gold
Con Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Diavik Diamonds Harry Winston Diamond Mines/Diavik Diamond MinesA [2]
Discovery Gold
Echo Bay Silver Echo Bay Great Bear Lake
Ekati Diamonds BHP Billiton Diamonds/Charles E. Fipke & Stewart BlussonB [3]
Eldorado Radium, Uranium Echo Bay Great Bear Lake
Gahcho Kue Diamonds Mountain Province Diamonds/De Beers Canada/Camphor VenturesC [4]
Giant Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Negus Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Outpost Island Gold, Tungsten Great Slave Lake
Pine Point Lead, zinc Pine Point South Slave Region
Ptarmigan and Tom Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Rayrock Uranium Behchoko North Slave Region
Ruth Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Salmita Gold
Snap Lake Diamonds De Beers Canada [5]
Thompson-Lundmark Gold Yellowknife North Slave Region
Tundra Gold

See also

Notes

A.^ Harry Winston Diamond Mines owns 40% and Diavik Diamond Mines, which is 100% owned by the Rio Tinto Group, owns 60%.
B.^ BHP Billiton Diamonds owns 80% while Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson each own 10%.
C.^ Mountain Province Diamonds owns 44%, De Beers Canada 51% and Camphor Ventures 4.9%

References

  1. ^ Cantung Mine
  2. ^ Diavik Diamond Mine
  3. ^ Ekati Diamond Mine
  4. ^ Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
  5. ^ Snap Lake Diamond Mine
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