NWT snapshot: Three advanced projects

Canada’s Northwest Territories is relatively remote, but endowed with mineral potential. Despite the region’s harsh winters and infrastructure deficit, the Northwest Territories hosts Canada’s largest and oldest producing diamond mines – Ekati and Diavik – and the newly minted Gahcho Kue diamond mine. Along with diamonds, the region has a handful of advanced projects, including Prairie Creek, NICO and Nechalacho. Read the entire story at The Northern Miner.