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Snap Lake Mine is a remote fly-in/fly-out operation located about northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and, according to De Beers, was De Beers first mine outside of Africa. It was also Canada's first completely underground diamond mine. Construction began with the opening of an access winter road in 2005. By the end of 2013, De Beers had spent US$1.8 billion on construction and mine operation. Of that total, De Beers spent US$1.3 billion with Northwest Territories-based contractors and suppliers, including US$723 million with Aboriginal businesses or joint ventures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Snap Lake Mine )〕 The mine began commercial production on January 16, 2008 and was officially opened on July 25, 2008. In 2013, Snap Lake Mine provided 776 person years of employment, including 274 person years of employment to Northwest Territories residents, close to the 300 NWT resident employees predicted during the mine’s environmental assessment. Approximately 400 people are working at the mine on any given day. Lifetime of the mine is estimated to be about 15 years. Resource estimates suggest 16.1 million carats over life of mine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.angloamerican.com/~/media/Files/A/Anglo-American-PLC-V2/presentations/2014pres/de-beers-analyst-seminar-presentation.pdf )〕 The Snap Lake mine was featured in ''Ice Road Truckers'', a television series on The History Channel. The Snap Lake mine was also featured on the Canadian Discovery channel show Daily Planet as part of the special feature 'Daily Planet Goes North – More Ice for the Arctic'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daily Planet Goes North – More Ice for the Arctic )〕 The mine is served by the Snap Lake Airport, a private airport that is strictly for cargo and passengers entering and leaving the remote site. ==See also== *Ekati Diamond Mine *Diavik Diamond Mine *Volcanism of Northern Canada 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snap Lake Diamond Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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