Board Reviews De Beers Canada Impact at Snap Lake

摘要

Public technical sessions, part of the McKenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB) review of the De Beers Canada's Snap Lake diamond project in the Northwest Territory, concluded after two weeks of discussions on technical aspects of the project. The final two days of the sessions addressed the socio-economic impacts of the project, such as the employment of northerners, the supply of Snap Lake production to the local secondary industry and the branding of Canadian diamonds. De Beers stated that at full production the mine will employ about 500 people and that it intends to hire as many northerners as possible. De Beers Canada provided details of its training initiatives that would tap the as yet unrealized potential among northern people.