Mackenzie project gets hearing dates 01/17/2010
The Mackenzie Gas Project has been given its roadmap for the final regulatory phases. Canada's National Energy Board said it will start hearing concluding arguments April 12 in Yellowknife and wrap up...

Mining News: Arsenic spill dusts worker at Giant site 12/20/2009
Agency followed safety procedures; studies technology that could permanently lock up hazardous material in underground workings
An accidental discharge of deadly arsenic trioxide at the old Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories this fall has brought into focus the potential impact of an ongoing project to recla...

Mining News: Diamond mines look north for new workers 12/20/2009
Operators of Diavik and Snap Lake seek to fill employee ranks with more locals by offering training, eliminating travel perks
Two diamond mines in Northwest Territories are vowing to recruit new workers locally rather than continue a longstanding practice of seeking candidates in southern Canada. Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., o...

Melt could cost trillions 12/06/2009
Pipelines, roads, buildings threatened by extreme temperature swings in Arctic
A meltdown in northern Canada is endangering pipelines, roads and buildings - including C$5 trillion worth of aging infrastructure - if climate change continues unabated in the decades ahead, says a r...

Mining News: Fortune chooses Saskatoon for refinery 11/22/2009
Junior agrees to purchase land in Saskatchewan to process ore mined at the Nico polymetallic project in Northwest Territories
Fortune Minerals Ltd. has identified a site in Saskatchewan for a processing facility for its Nico Project located 160 kilometers, or 99 miles, northwest of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The jun...

Mining Explorers 2009: Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. 11/01/2009
MPV: TSX; MDM: AMEX Chairman: Jonathan Christopher James Comerford President and CEO: Patrick Evans Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is a 23-year-old diamond exploration and development company bas...

Mining Explorers 2009: Economy dims North star in 2009 11/01/2009
Diamond, metals exploration continues, albeit at somewhat slower pace in Northwest Territories
Hampered by a recession-driven drought in capital markets, mineral explorers in the Northwest Territories met the challenges of 2009 with a variety of survival strategies. With significant diamond, pr...

Mining Explorers 2009: Fortune Minerals Ltd. 11/01/2009
FT: TSX President and CEO: Robin E. Goad Vice President, Finance and CFO: Julian Kemp Vice President, Operations: Tom Rinaldi Fortune Minerals is a diversified natural resource company with several mi...

Mining Explorers 2009: Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. 11/01/2009
(Rio Tinto plc. and Harry Winston Diamond Ltd.)
TSX: HW/NYSE: HWD/RTP:LON and NYSE DDMI Manager Operational Readiness: Richard Storrie DDMI Superintendent, Geotechnical Engineering: Sarah Greer DDMI Chief Geologist: David Eichenberg The Diavik...

Mining Explorers 2009: Canada Zinc Metals Corp. 11/01/2009
CZX: TSX-V Chairman and CEO: Peeyush Varshney President: Jim Mustard Vice President, Exploration: John R. Fraser Canada Zinc Metals (formerly Mantle Resources), was organized in 1988 in British Col...

Mining Explorers 2009: BHP Billiton plc 11/01/2009
BLT: LON Chief Executive Officer: Marius Kloppers Chief Financial Officer: Alex Vanselow London-based BHP Billiton, one of the world's largest diversified resources companies, owns nearly 80 perce...

Mining Explorers 2009: Avalon Rare Metals Inc. 11/01/2009
AVL: TSX President and CEO: Donald S. Bubar Vice President, Finance and CFO: R.J. (Jim) Andersen Vice President, Exploration: William Mercer Formed in 1991, Avalon Rare Metals is a mineral explor...

Mining Explorers 2009: Look up north to the NWT; diversity in abundance 11/01/2009
The Northwest Territories has a rich and diverse commodity base. There is significant interest in the development of strategic metals, base metals and precious metals. In 2008, exploration projects we...

Mining Explorers 2009: Tyhee Development Corp. 11/01/2009
TDC: TSX-V President and CEO: David Webb Chief Financial Officer: Lorne B. Anderson Executive Vice President: Roger G. Sylvestre Tyhee Development Corp., a 16-year-old gold exploration and developmen...

Mining News: Junior chases gold near Yellowknife 10/25/2009
Tyhee Development Corp.'s diligent pursuit of resources in historic mining camp is paying off with increasingly attractive project
After seven years of looking for gold to produce economically in the Yellowknife Gold Camp in Northwest Territories, Tyhee Development Corp. is closing in on a potentially lucrative payday. The Vancou...

Mining News: New agency for 'North' awards key grants 10/25/2009
Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory to benefit from C$2.7 million in mining research, business development grants
Canada's new economic development agency for the Far North has awarded a new round of mining research and business development grants, providing significant funding to key projects in Nunavut, Northwe...

Mining News: Reclamation draws 200 to Yellowknife 09/27/2009
About 100 scientists, engineers, and regulators attended the 2009 Northern Latitudes Mining Reclamation Workshop held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Sept. 8-11. Presenters delivered 22 profess...

Mining News: Junior clears obstacles to Nico Project 08/30/2009
Fortune opts to move hydrometallurgical process to southern Canada; completes dismantling mine buildings, equipment in Ontario
Fortune Minerals Ltd. is taking the lemons it has encountered in developing the Nico Project in Northwest Territories and making lemonade. The London, Ont.-based junior recently reported substantial p...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in the Northwest Territories 03/29/2009
The Northwest Territories has four operating mines: three diamond producers and one long-running tungsten operation. Exploration and development activity was brisk in 2008 with the most advanced proje...

Glimmers of light in the Canadian North 02/01/2009
After 12 years deficit-free, Ottawa plans shortfalls of C$85B over 5 years; changes in project regulatory requirements possible
In getting to grips with what it calls a "deepening economic crisis," the Canadian government is ending 12 years of deficit-free budgets and running up shortfalls of C$85 billion over the next five ye...

Mining News: GNWT, diamond mines focus on workers 12/28/2008
Government and industry agree to take a collaborative approach in building skilled and stable work force in territory
The Government of the Northwest Territories and three diamond mines in the Northwest Territories entered a Memorandum of Understanding to further development and retention of the Arctic territory's di...

Mining News: Gahcho Kue diamonds earn higher valuation 11/30/2008
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Nov. 17 reported results of an independent valuation of the diamonds recovered from the Gahcho Kue Project during the exploration phase. The valuation was conducted by...

Mining News: Junior, partner sample uranium property 09/28/2008
Uravan Minerals Inc. and Cameco Corp. Aug. 27 said they recently completed a multi-faceted surface sampling program on the Boomerang North Uranium Project, in Southwest Thelon Basin, 300 miles east of...

It's hot-button time in Canada 09/14/2008
Arctic, environment figure large in federal election, more than sideways glance at U.S. campaign; Harper favored by industry
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a federal election for Oct. 14, right in the thick of the U.S. campaign. Given that everything Harper does is carefully and strategically designed, ta...

Unshackling the Mackenzie 07/27/2008
McCrank offers blueprint to untangle NWT's cumbersome regulatory regime
Canada's northern territories are a step closer to a simpler system to regulate development of their minerals, forestry and oil and natural gas. A report to federal Indian Affairs and Northern Develop...