Editing Northwest Territories (section)

===Mining===
The Territories' geological resources include gold, diamonds, [[Beaufort Sea#Oil and gas exploration|natural gas and petroleum]]. [[BP]] is the only oil company currently producing oil there. Its diamonds are promoted as an alternative to purchasing [[blood diamond]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bhpbilliton.com/bb/productEnquiries/diamondsSpecialtyProducts.jsp |title=BHP Billiton diamond marketing |publisher=Bhpbilliton.com |access-date=February 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218112438/http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bb/productEnquiries/diamondsSpecialtyProducts.jsp |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Two of the biggest mineral resource companies in the world, [[BHP]] and [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]] mine many of their diamonds there. In 2010, Territories' accounted for 28.5% of Rio Tinto's total diamond production (3.9 million carats, 17% more than in 2009, from the [[Diavik Diamond Mine]]) and 100% of BHP's (3.05 million carats from the [[Ekati Diamond Mine|EKATI mine]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riotinto.com/documents/110118_Fourth_quarter_2010_operations_review.pdf |title=Rio Tinto 4th quarter 2010 Operations |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124051458/http://www.riotinto.com/documents/110118_Fourth_quarter_2010_operations_review.pdf |archive-date=January 24, 2011 |access-date=February 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bbContentRepository/docs/2010Form20f.pdf |title=BHP Billiton 2010 Annual Report page 124 |year=2010 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234617/http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bbContentRepository/docs/2010Form20f.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Eldorado Mine (Northwest Territories)|Eldorado Mine]] produced [[uranium]] for the [[Manhattan Project]], as well as [[radium]], silver, and copper (for other uses).

[[File:Diavik Diamond Mine, Canada by Planet Labs.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the [[Diavik Diamond Mine]] in the [[North Slave Region]]]]
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{{Main|List of mines in the Northwest Territories}}
* [[Eldorado Mine (Northwest Territories)|Eldorado Mine]]&nbsp;– 1933–1940, 1942–1960, 1976–1982 ([[radium]], [[uranium]], silver, copper)
* [[Con Mine]]&nbsp;– 1938–2003 (gold)
* [[Negus Mine]]&nbsp;– 1939–1952 (gold)
* [[Ptarmigan and Tom Mine]]&nbsp;– 1941–1942, 1986–1997 (gold)
* [[Thompson-Lundmark Mine]]&nbsp;– 1941–1943, 1947–1949 (gold)
* [[Giant Mine]]&nbsp;– 1948–2004 (gold)
* [[Discovery Mine]]&nbsp;– 1950–1969 (gold)
* [[Rayrock Mine]]&nbsp;– 1957–1959 (uranium)
* [[Camlaren Mine]]&nbsp;– 1962–1963, 1980–1981 (gold)
* [[Cantung Mine]]&nbsp;– 1962–1986, 2002–2003, 2005–2015 ([[tungsten]])
* [[Echo Bay Mines]]&nbsp;– 1964–1975 (silver and copper)
* [[Pine Point Mine]]&nbsp;– 1964–1988 (lead and [[zinc]])
* [[Tundra Mine]]&nbsp;– 1964–1968 (gold)
* Terra Mine&nbsp;– 1969–1985 (silver and copper)
* [[Salmita Mine]]&nbsp;– 1983–1987 (gold)
* [[Colomac Mine]]&nbsp;– 1990–1992, 1994–1997 (gold)
* [[Ekati Diamond Mine]]&nbsp;– 1998–current (diamonds)
* [[Diavik Diamond Mine]]&nbsp;– 2003–current (diamonds)
* [[Snap Lake Diamond Mine]]&nbsp;– 2007–2015 (diamonds)
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