‘Diamonds really did save the Northwest Territories’ – mines minister – Mining.com

February 6, 2015

The Northwest Territories mines minister says diamond miners are returning to the Northwest Territories.

“We’ve seen a lot of people who were involved with the initial diamond rush in the early ’90s come back to us,” says David Ramsay, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Northwest Territories. He met with MINING.com at Roundup in late January.

“These guys know that there are more diamonds there.”

Ramsay notes that there three operating diamond mines in the Northwest Territories. A fourth is set to open in Q4 2016 at Gahcho Kué, which is owned by De Beers.

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