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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE
The Government of the Northwest Territories has responded to an information request from an NWT regulatory board regarding De Beers Canada as the environmental assessment for the diamond company's Gahcho Kue diamond project continues.

In a submission to the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board last Friday, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responded to an information request about carnivore mortality. The review board sent out the request last January.

"Provide information on the annual number of wolf, grizzly bear, and wolverine incidents and mortalities at mineral exploration sites and the measures considered to be most successful to reduce these incidents/mortalities," the request stated.

De Beers has received several requests for information from groups, including the Tlicho government, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

A decision and report of the environmental impact review for the diamond project located at Kennady Lake, about 280-kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, is expected to be issued around July 2013.

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