With Ontario's first diamond mine so close to being in progress, it is crucial to ensure that sufficient planning has been done to sustain both the ecosystem as well as community development. The proposed mining project would cover an area over 5,000 hectares with an open pit 220 meters deep and a kilometer wide. The company has already invested $140 million to develop the project but estimates the total cost of the project to be around $983 million. The Victor Diamond Mining project has the potential to cause a significant alteration in water levels and flow, a threat to the abundant wildlife as well as to the traditional livelihood of the north
ern First Nations people.
The DeBeers area is one of the largest, intact wilderness areas left on earth and supports abundant wildlife including threatened woodland caribou, healthy fisheries and clean water. The implementation of this project will interfere with the habitat of the caribou and could lead their extinction in the......
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