Ekati Diamond Mine Ekati Diamond Mine The Ekati Diamond Mine ("Ekati") is Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine. It is located north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about south of the Arctic Circle, near Lac de Gras. Until 2014 Ekati was a joint venture between Dominion Diamond Mines (80%), and the two geologists who discovered kimberlite pipes north of Lac de Gras, Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson each holding a 10% stake in the mine, until Fipke sold his share to Dominion. The first volcanic pipe found in the Lac de Gras region was the Point Lake kimberlite, discovered by Chuck Fipke
Argyle diamond mine over a period of 18 months at a cost of A$450 million. The mine was commissioned in December 1985. "Several of this article's references contain excellent maps and photographs of the mine and examples of diamonds produced there, which cannot be placed in this article due to copyright limitations. The reader is especially directed to Shigley, Chapman, and Ellison's article, "Discovery and Mining of the Argyle Diamond Deposit, Australia" (Gems & Gemology, Spring 2001)." Argyle diamond mine The Argyle Diamond Mine is a diamond mine located in the East Kimberley region in the remote north of Western Australia. Argyle is