The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has taken action to support its foundational mineral exploration sector by extending a popular, effective program, and expanding another.
The interests of Northwest Territories mining are well-represented this week at the international industry’s biggest show. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference and tradeshow is running March 5-8 in Toronto, and staff and officials from the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) are on hand to represent and to pitch the NWT’s mining environment to potential investors.
Faced with a daunting landmass the size of France and Spain combined, prospective diamond mines face high costs and few guidance markers when exploring in the NWT. Thanks to ongoing research by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS), however, the geological knowledge of one of the most intriguing regions of the NWT is growing and becoming easier to access.
Nestled in the wilderness off Great Slave Lake’s shores in Canada’s Northwest Territories is the secluded, subarctic First Nations community of Whatì, population 492. Caribou, gray wolves and black bears roam. There are no all-season roads.
(Photo by Jurjen van der Sluijs. Large thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, northwestern Canada)
The ongoing study of climate-driven permafrost thaw continues to produce interesting results in the Northwest Territories (NWT).
The vast petroleum potential of the Northwest Territories (NWT) is often touted as world-class and a new publication series is now taking the lead on sharing the scientific information behind this resource.
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The friendly faces of Industry, Tourism and Investment’s (ITI) Mining Recorders Office can be found in a new office location starting today.
A modern-day treasure map is now available in the form of geoscience information in A Guide to Mineral Deposits in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Rather than ‘X’ marking the spot for buried treasure, the guide examines 75 noteworthy deposits with significant mineral potential.
Two regions; two new stories for NWT kimberlite.
It will be hard to miss the Northwest Territories (NWT) at the trade show of this year’s Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference January 23-26 in Vancouver.
