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Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd. - W2020L2-0004

​Diamond mining and milling at the Ekati Mine. Water Use and Waste Disposal.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, the Licensee may divert water from Upper Panda Lake to Kodiak Lake, and use water and dispose of Waste for the purpose of mining the Panda, Koala, Koala North, Misery, Fox, and Jay kimberlite pipes, for operating the processing facilities and related infrastructure, and carrying out Reclamation associated with diamond mining within the Koala, Misery, King-Cujo, Desperation-Carrie, and Lac du Sauvage Watersheds of the Lac de Gras basin, Northwest Territories.This Licence entitles the Licensee to use water, Dewater Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth Lakes for the purpose of mining, to Drawdown Two Rock Lake, divert Pigeon Stream around the Pigeon pit, pipe water from Bearclaw Lake outflow around Beartooth pit, and deposit Processed Kimberlite into a Processed Kimberlite Containment Area for the purpose of creating a pit lake. The Licensee may also dispose of Waste for industrial undertakings in diamond mining and processing, production, Reclamation and associated uses in the Koala, Pigeon, and Sable watersheds, Northwest Territories as shown on Figure 6, 8, & 10 of the Class A Water Licence and Land Use Permits supporting documents, submitted August 21, 2001.This Licence entitles the Licensee to Dewater Lynx Lake, use water, dispose of Waste, and divert runoff around the Lynx pit, for the purposes of mining the Lynx kimberlite pipe and carrying out Reclamation of the Lynx Development.This Licence also entitles the Licensee to Dewater a portion of Lac du Sauvage, use water, dispose of Waste, and divert streams B0 and Ac35 around the perimeter of the Dewatered area, for the purposes of mining the Jay kimberlite pipe and carrying out Reclamation of the Jay Development, as shown in Map 3.1-3 of the Updated Project Description submitted June 7, 2016.This Licence also entitles the Licensee to use water, dispose of Waste, and divert Groundwater inflows for the purposes of underground mining of the Misery kimberlite pipe and carrying out Reclamation of the Misery Underground Development, as described in the Application submitted August 15, 2017 and the additional information submitted during the regulatory process.The activities listed above are to be conducted as described in the Environmental Impact Assessments.


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3. Amendment Application
Public Hearing
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Day 1 Transcript - Nov 23_21.pdf (1.65 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Day 2 Transcript - Nov 24_21.pdf (1.73 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Day 3 Transcript - Nov 25_21.pdf (1.93 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Day 4 Transcript - Nov 26_21.pdf (1.86 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Undertakings - Nov 26_21.pdf (196.46 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - IEMA Presentation - Slide 7 video - Nov 15_21.mp4 (18.4 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - Arctic Hearing Presentation - Nov 17_21.pdf (7.36 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - DFO Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (395.46 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - DKFN Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (613.43 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - ECCC Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (929.5 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - FRMG Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (2.62 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - GNWT Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (961.24 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - IEMA Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (19.29 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - LKDFN Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (432.03 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - NSMA Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (861.3 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - TG Hearing Presentation - Nov 15_21.pdf (4.13 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Public Hearing - Agenda - Nov 15_21.pdf (172.07 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - Arctic Response to Interventions - Nov 12_21.pdf (1.64 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - GNWT Intervention - Nov 1_21.pdf (898.57 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - DFO Intervention - Oct 28_21.pdf (792.62 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - DKFN Intervention - Oct 27_21.pdf (572.19 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - ECCC Intervention - Oct 28_21.pdf (877.57 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - FRMG Intervention - Oct 28_2021.pdf (587.73 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - LKDFN Intervention - Oct 28_21.pdf (198.68 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - TG Intervention - Oct 28 2021.pdf (643.55 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - IEMA Intervention - Oct 28_21.pdf (1001.41 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Amendment Application - NSMA Intervention - Oct 29_21.pdf (327.42 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Request for Intervention Deadline Revision -Oct 21_21.pdf (65.82 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Pre-Hearing Conference Agenda - Oct 14_21.pdf (120.71 KB)
Technical Session
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - Point Lake Project - GNWT-ITI IR 47 Response to FRMG - Sep 27_21.pdf (657.03 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - SFE and NAG Leachate Update Memo - Oct 19_21.pdf (1.22 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - IR Response Review - GNWT Response to TG Comment - Oct 13_21.pdf (297.45 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Updated Response to IR50 - Oct 1_21.pdf (134.16 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Aerial Video - High Elevation - Sep 22_21.MTS (10.78 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Aerial Video - High Shot - Sep 22_21.MTS (1.31 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Aerial Video - PL Looking SW - Sep 22_21.MTS (8.72 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Aerial Video - PL to Thinner - Sep 22_21.MTS (13.5 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - ECCC IR Responses - Sep 20_21.pdf (700.51 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - GNWT-ENR IR Responses - Sep 17_21.pdf (680.63 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - GNWT-Lands IR Response - Sep 17_21.pdf (641.89 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - IEMA IR 2 Data File - Sep 17_21.mp4 (17.92 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - IEMA IR Responses - Sep 17_21.pdf (7.2 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 5 Response - Sep 17_21.pdf (1.92 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 9 Response - Timeline Chart - Sep 17_21.pdf (43.29 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 18 Response - Sep 17_21.pdf (293.28 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 19 Response - 2019 AQMP - Sep 17_21.pdf (8.63 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 19 Response - 2017 AQMP - Sep 17_21.pdf (58.53 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 41 Response - Shapefiles - Sep 17_21.zip (7.28 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 51 Response - Sep 17_21.pdf (1.51 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic Primary Responses to IRs - Sep 17_21.pdf (6.62 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - GNWT-ITI IR Responses - Sep 17_21.pdf (239.79 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Session - IR 54 Responses - Sep 17_21.pdf (727.54 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Arctic IR 45 Response - Sep 17_21.xlsx (57.83 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - DRAFT IRs -Sep 10_21.pdf (258.09 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - Information Requests - Sep 10_21.pdf (227.79 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - Emailed Questions Follow up - Sept 9_21.pdf (701.59 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Worksop - Expert CVs - Sep 6_21.pdf (1.53 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - Arctic Presentation - Sep 6_21.pdf (5.21 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - Agenda - Sep 4_21.pdf (354.75 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Project - Technical Workshop - Draft Agenda - Aug 25_21.pdf (336.53 KB)
5. Reports and Studies
Annual Reports
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - 2022 Water Licence Annual Report and Environmental Agreement - Apr 29_23.pdf (2.79 MB)
Ekati - 2022 Annual Report - Appendices A-C - Apr 29_23.pdf (1.93 MB)
Ekati - 2022 Annual Report - Appendices D-G - Apr 29_23.pdf (6.79 MB)
Ekati - 2021 EA and WL Annual Report Plain Language Summary - May 19_22.pdf (11.75 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix F - AQMP - Apr 30_22.pdf (52.01 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix (G-I) - Apr 30_22.pdf (1.89 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Environmental Agreement and Water Licence Annual Report - Apr 30_22.pdf (1.66 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix A - SNP Summary - Apr 30_22.pdf (1.61 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix B - p 1-416 - 2021 Seepage Waste Rock Report - Apr 30_22.pdf (25.84 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix B - p 417-547 - 2021 Seepage Waste Rock Report - Apr 30_22.pdf (14.19 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report - Appendix B - p 548-958 - 2021 Seepage Waste Rock Report - Apr 30_22.pdf (11.01 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Report-Appendix (C-E) - Apr 30_22.pdf (2.02 MB)
Designs and As-Builts
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report - V 1.1 - Reasons for Decision - Nov 6_23.pdf (433.14 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report V1.1 - Part 1 of 3 - Jul 5_23.pdf (7.3 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report V1.1 - Part 2 of 3 - Jul 5_23.pdf (16.55 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report V1.1 - Part 3 of 3 - Jul 5_23.pdf (17.39 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report - Arctic Response - Dec 14_22.pdf (105.87 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Design and Seepage Prediction Report - Reasons for Decision - Nov 30_22.pdf (497.53 KB)
Ekati - Point Lake Waste Rock Storage Area Design Plan - V1 - Aug 30_22.pdf (18.82 MB)
Ekati - Point Lake WRSA Construction QA QC Plan - V1 - Sep 7_22.pdf (274.92 KB)
Inspection Reports
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - November 2023 - Nov 30_23.pdf (8.94 MB)
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - July 2023 - Aug 1_23.pdf (6.54 MB)
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - January 25-26 2023 - Jan 30_23.pdf (17.3 MB)
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - March and April 2022 - May 26_22.pdf (2.72 MB)
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - December 7 2021 - Dec 9_21.pdf (1.14 MB)
Ekati - 2021 Annual Geotechnical Inspection Report - Oct 6_21.pdf (16.37 MB)
Ekati - Water Licence Inspection Report - July 29 2021 - Aug 20_21.pdf (3.21 MB)
Operations and Notifications
Document Received/Sent Uploaded
Ekati - 2023 Point Lake to King Pond Pumping Summary - Dec 7_23.pdf (460.55 KB)
Ekati - KPSF Discharge - Volume Non-compliance - Arctic response to Inspector - Nov 1_23.pdf (24.23 MB)
Ekati - KPSF Discharge - 2023 Pumping Summary - Oct 26_23.pdf (18.7 MB)
Ekati - Notification - Non-compliance - Excess Fresh Water volume from Falcon Lake - Nov 1_23.pdf (187.4 KB)
Ekati - Water Quality Exceedance for TSS and Cu at Discharge from King Pond to Cujo - Sep 22_23.pdf (2.66 MB)
Ekati - KPSF Discharge - Volume Non-Compliance - Inspector Response - Oct 17 2023.pdf (168.36 KB)
Ekati - Notification - Potential Non-Compliance - Mine Water Pumping KPSP to Cujo Lake - Oct 13_23.pdf (278.63 KB)
Ekati - Authorization to Discharge Water From King Pond - Jul 12_23.pdf (227.58 KB)
Ekati - Authorization to Use Water from TRSP for Road Watering - Jul 10_23.pdf (209.03 KB)
Ekati - Spill Report - 2023149 - May 07_23.pdf (360.19 KB)
Ekati - Water Withdrawal for Road Watering - Notification - May 19_23.pdf (139.28 KB)
Ekati - Authorization to Discharge Water From King Pond - Jun 23_23.pdf (193.55 KB)
Ekati - Notification of 2023 Non-compliance with AEMP Design Plan - May 9_23.pdf (146.95 KB)