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Northern Mining: Our Past, Our Future
Mike VaydikGeneral ManagerNWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
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NWT Mining History
Mining History
Mining & Infrastructure
Mining & the Community
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History Overview
• Diverse Geology
• Various Staking Rushes
• Mines Built
• Infrastructure Improves
• Communities Affected
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Mining / Exploration Activity
• 1899 Pine Point Base Metal • 1899 Treaty 8 signed• 1921 – Norman Wells Oil • 1922 – Treaty 11 signed• 1930 Great Bear Uranium Rush - Eldorado• 1938 YK Gold Rush - Rycon• 1943 YK Gold Rush - Giant• 1955 Ft. Rae Uranium – Rayrock• 1962 Pine Point Lead Zinc Rush – Pine Point • 1967 Coppermine Copper Rush • 1970s Keewatin Uranium • 1979 Contwoyto Gold - Lupin • 1991 Lac de Gras Diamond Rush – BHP, Diavik
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Historical Operations– 1930s - Eldorado uranium, Con, Negus,
Rycon, Ptarmigan gold– 1940s - Giant, Thompson-Lundmark gold – 1950s - Rankin nickel– 1960s - Pine Point zinc, Cantung tungsten? – 1970s - Nanisivik zinc– 1980s - Polaris zinc, Lupin Gold, Colomac
gold – 1990s - BHP Diamonds – 2000s - Diavik Diamonds
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Gilbert Labine et al., Radium at Great Bear Lake,
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Yellowknife Johnny - Burwash Gold Mine, 1934
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Con Gold Mine, 1936-today
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Giant Gold Mine, 1948
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Rankin Nickel Mine, 1950s
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Pine Point Zinc-Lead Mine, 1964-1990
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Nanisivik Zinc-Lead Mine, 1976 - today
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Nanisivik Zinc-Lead Mine, 1976 - today
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Polaris Zinc-Lead Mine, 1982 - today
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Polaris Zinc-Lead Mine, 1982 - today
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Lupin Gold Mine, 1982 - today
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Lupin Gold Mine, 1982 - today
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Mining & Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Assisted Mining – River Boat – Bush plane – Cat Train – Ice Road
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River boats used large rivers as highways
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Post WW I, aircraft provided new opportunities – oil discovery, Norman Wells
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Bush planes opened new, previously inaccessible areas
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Early scheduled flights, flew ore & passengers - Port Radium to Alberta, 1930s
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“Cat Trains” created early ice roads
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Mining Supplied Infrastructure
– NTCL & Eldorado – Imperial Oil Refinery – Yellowknife Highway – Ice Road to Echo Bay – Scheduled Aircraft – Hydro-power - Con, Snare, Taltson– Railway to Pine Point– Nanisivik Marine Shipping - MV Arctic
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NTCL “Radium Gilbert” Supply Boat – Eldorado Mine
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Con Hydro Dam – Con Mine
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Eldorado DC-4 – 1960s
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Talston River Hydro Dam – Pine Point Mine
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Pine Point Railway – 1960s - today
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MV Arctic, Cargo/Ice breaker
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Ice Roads are lifelines
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Mining & the Community
• Early Days - pre-1939 – Some Aboriginal People Benefited – Aboriginal People Helped Newcomers
• Burwash dock • wood cutters • meat suppliers
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Mining & the Community
• 1939 - 1989 – Influx of Outsiders
• Transportation Services Improve (scheduled flights, all-weather roads)
• Government Services Improve - schools, hospitals • Communities Grow
– Newcomers become self-sufficient – Aboriginal People Largely Forgotten
• Some Aboriginal Training (Sir John, Rankin Nickel, Nanisivik)
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Yellowknife Town Council – 1960s
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Mining & the Community
• 1990 - Future– Legislation Recognizes Aboriginal Rights
• Land Claims provide subsurface/surface lands
– Companies Recognize Aboriginal People • Colomac, BHP, Diavik
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Nanisivik – 1980s
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Colomac – 1990s
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Diavik Training Programs, 2000
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Diamonds:The Creation of a New Canadian Industry
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Ekati Diamond Mine, 1998 - today
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Diavik Diamond Mine, 2003 - 2022
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Chart 1: GDP at Basic Prices
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Chart 3: New Capital Investment in the NWT
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Chart 4: Real Personal Income per Person
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1991 27,376 23,733 26,089
1992 27,495 23,399 26,037
1993 29,766 26,499 25,801
1994 29,126 23,959 26,003
1995 28,617 23,662 26,195
1996 28,384 23,096 26,079
1997 29,400 23,944 26,459
1998 30,806 24,216 27,190
1999 35,308 27,809 27,736
2000 36,671 30,045 28,703
2001 38,902 31,658 28,806
2002 41,053 32,568 28,802
Change91-96 1,008 -637 -10
97-02 12,669 9,472 2,723
Real Personal Income Per PersonReal Personal Income Per Person
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Chart 5: NWT and Canada Unemployment Rates 1991-2002
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1991 11.3 10.31992 12.5 11.21993 13.6 11.41994 14.8 10.41995 13.3 9.41996 11.7 9.61997 12.4 9.11998 13.0 8.31999 13.7 7.62000 11.4 6.82001 9.1 7.22002 5.9 7.7
NWT and Canada Unemployment RatesNWT and Canada Unemployment Rates
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Chart 6: Real Retail Sales Per Person
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NWT Nunavut1991 7,370 6,0221992 7,839 6,3131993 7,864 6,2141994 8,232 6,3991995 7,927 6,1481996 8,293 6,3091997 8,919 6,7111998 9,169 6,6371999 9,710 6,8842000 10,197 7,0232001 10,930 7,0662002 12,260 7,251
Change91-96 924 28796-02 3,967 942
Real Retail Sales Per PersonReal Retail Sales Per Person
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Chart 10: Annual Changes in Government Revenues per person From the Base Year 1999
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NWT Nunavut1999 21,541 33,0062000 25,566 33,2772001 27,557 32,9392002 23,556 33,368
Change99-00 4,026 27299-01 6,016 -6799-02 2,015 362
Annual Changes in Gov’tRevenuesAnnual Changes in Gov’tRevenues
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Chart 11: Real Social Assistance Payments Per Person
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1993 938 100 3781994 966 168 3911995 1,031 233 4151996 935 205 3871997 683 183 4091998 649 199 4201999 607 216 3912000 604 187 2982001 487 150 2482002 515 149 223
Change93-96 -4 105 896-02 -419 -57 -163
Real Social Assistance PaymentPer PersonReal Social Assistance PaymentPer Person
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Chart 17: Total Impact of Diamond Mining on NWT GDP at Basic Prices
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Diamond Mining Contribution toNWT GDP at Basic Prices
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Direct Indirect & TotalInduced
1997 98 63 1611998 151 76 2271999 474 39 5132000 405 122 5282001 534 175 7092002 591 185 776Total 2,254 660 2,914
Total Impact of Diamond Mining on NWTTotal Impact of Diamond Mining on NWT
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Chart 18: Total Impact of Diamond Mining on NWT Employment
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1997 323 587 910
1998 473 585 1,058
1999 536 139 675
2000 827 586 1,413
2001 1,248 1,361 2,609
2002 1,414 1,560 2,975
Total 4,821 4,819 9,640
Average 804 803 1,607
Total Impact of Diamond Mining onNWT - EmploymentTotal Impact of Diamond Mining onNWT - Employment
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Chart 23: Total Employment Income per Person by Community Type
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Chart 24: Dogribs Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education Programs
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Dogribs Enrolled in Post –Secondary Education ProgramsDogribs Enrolled in Post –Secondary Education Programs
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Conclusion
• High Northern Mineral Potential
• A Rich Mining Heritage
• Mining Impacts Infrastructure & Communities
• Today is History - Mining is finally becoming all northerners’ industry
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