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This accession consists of a Ministerial briefing book on the topic of diamonds and diamond production in the Northwest Territories. The book has sections on the Diamond Industry Policy Framework, Global Diamond Industry, NWT Diamond Mines (Existing), NWT Diamond Mines (Future), Rough Diamond Supply Agreements, NWT Manufacturing, GNWT Agreements with Manufacturers, Trademarks/Branding, National Issues, International Issues, Potential Initiatives, Diamond Facts Publication, and Diamond Articles.

The accession consists of records from the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (previously they Minerals Division of the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and the Minerals, Oil and Gas Division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development). The records include agreements with TransCanada Pipelines, the Government of Alberta, and the federal government. The records also include meeting materials for the Deputy Ministers' Pipeline Steering Committee, Managing This Land, the Mackenzie Gas Advisory Group, Deputy Ministers' Economic and Employment Development Committee, Diamond Review Committee, and the NWT Geoscience Office Joint Advisory Committee. Finally, the records also include publications of the division, including Canada's Northwest Territories Exploring Our Potential, Northwest Territories Economic, Framework Sector Profile Oil & Gas (draft), Diamonds and the Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997 and 2007 editions of A Guide to Mineral Deposits of the Northwest Territories, and Mining and Exploration Northwest Territories 2007 Overview.

Northwest Territories. Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Minerals Development division

Records date from 1998-1999 and concerns the department's evaluation and assessment of the Environmental Assessment report produced by the Diavik Diamonds project.

Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Policy, Legislation and Communications division

This accession consists of records from the Policy, Legislation and Communications division of Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and its predecessor, the Department of Renewable Resources, relating to forest management, Metis harvesting rights, and an environmental agreement with BHP Diamonds Inc. The records include a department overview, legislation and regulations, policies and directives, briefing material, correspondence, feedback, notes, a legal opinion, a FMB submission, a workplan, excerpts from the RWED Operations Manual, An Overview of Forest Management in the Northwest Territories, Forests for Tomorrow discussion paper, a decision paper, an assessment report, Forest Management Policy - chronology of development and review, a procedure for Forest Management Application Processing, presentation slides, court decisions, meeting notes, an environmental agreement and implementation protocol, and news items and reference material.

This accession consists of records of the Industrial Initiatives division of the Department of Resources and Natural Resources ( RWED, later the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI)), particularly relating to diamond mining (Diavik, BHP, De Beers) and the Mackenzie Gas project. Other projects and locations featured less prominently include the Can Tung Mine, Bathurst Inlet, Lupin Mine, and Paramount Resources (Cameron Hills). The records include meeting material from the Diavik Communities Advisory Board, meetings of various groups related to the Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-Economic Agreement, Deputy Ministers' Pipeline Steering Committee, and Mackenzie Valley Development Project Working Group, briefing material (including briefing notes from other divisions in RWED), speaking notes, grants and contributions policies and procedures, and reports, including Socio-Economic Monitoring Agreement status reports, annual Communities and Diamonds reports, and Economic Accounts 1987-1996.

G-2022-042 · Accession · 1994-2009, predominant 1998-1999
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development fonds

The accession consists of records from the Wildlife and Fisheries division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development relating to the environment assessment and monitoring of the Diavik Diamond Mine. The records include reports, correspondence, meeting notes, presentation slides and speaking notes from public meetings, a draft Diavik Environmental Agreement, wildlife impact linkage diagrams, reviews, comments and responses, and records of the GNWT-Diavik Working Group and the Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board.