POSTER PRESENTATION
The Canadian diamond mining industry has made a notable contribution to the knowledge of mining and mining-industry logistics in the extreme Arctic environment. Canadian diamond mining ventures accessed financing on an at-risk basis, with critical dependence on the “bankable” geological, geotechnical and mine engineering knowledge base, specifically of primary diamond deposits. This paper provides a summary of 25 years of diamond mining in Canada and highlights the evolution of mine engineering practices over this period. Since 1998, eight diamond mines were permitted and constructed in northern Canada (Table 1). Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake and Gahcho Kué are located in the Northwest Territories, Jericho in Nunavut, Victor in Ontario and Renard in Québec.
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