Jericho mine's water licence approved
Shear Diamonds hopes to reopen Nunavut's first diamond mine by June 2013
CBC News
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 5:25 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 18, 2012 6:09 PM CST
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The federal department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has approved an eight-year water licence for the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, poses with then-Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Jim Prentice, left, and Tahera Diamond CEO Peter Gillin, in front of the mining pit before the official opening of the Jericho Diamond Mine project in August 2006. Tahera ceased mining operations in 2008 and sold the mine to Shear Diamonds in 2010. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)The mine, which is about 360 kilometres south of Cambridge Bay, closed in 2008.
Shear Diamonds then bought the property and wants to reopen the mine. The company's CEO Julie Lassonde said the water licence will help them do that.
“It really is a monumental step towards putting Jericho back into production,” she said. “It's extremely important.”
Lassonde said the company hopes to have the mine back into production by June 2013.
Jericho was Nunavut's first working diamond mine. It operated for just two years before financial problems forced its closure in 2008.
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