CANADIAN DIAMOND INDUSTRYHISTORY OF NWT & NUNAVUT

• Nov 1991 Point Lake discovery - Diavik / BHP

• 1991-1992 Largest staking rush in Canadian History

  > 50 million acres
  

• 1994 A154N discovered - Aber / Rio Tinto

• 1996 Snap Lake discovered – Winspear / Aber

• Oct 1998 Ekati Diamond Mine Opens

• Nov-01/Feb-02 20 million acres staked

• Q1 2004 Diavik to Commence Operations

• Q2 2005 Snap Lake to Commence 0perations

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