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The records consist of promotional material related to the promotion of sustainable opportunities in the energy, mines and petroleum resource industry and supporting industry. This accession contains the regional promotional material and an overarching vision statement from Minister Brendan Bell.

The reports were written by Ryan Silke and date between June to August 2005. The reports document historical buildings in the Yellowknife area. Titles include: "Historical overview of the Negus Mine and Camp area", "Historical building inventory - Old Town area", "Historical building inventory - Downtown area" and, "Giant Mine townsite".

Records relate to large-scale projects undertaken by the division for the promotion and education of workplace safety. This includes the 2007 annual Mine Rescue Competition, the 2004 National Youth Safety Conference organized and hosted by the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB), and a television advertisement public service announcement campaign on overexertion in the workplace. The CD-R contains several commercials commissioned by the WCB and was produced by Cinepost films.

This fonds consists of two audiocassette tapes, one sound CD, approximately 943 colour negatives, two 8 mm videocassettes, approximately 50 cm of textual material and one site plan generated or collected by the NWT Mining Heritage Society between 2000-2002. The audiocassettes and sound CD contain interviews with former employees of Giant Mine including Bill Case, Al Hall, Joe Malmsten, Jim McKay, George Dundas, Frank Horvat, Lorne Wrigglesworth, Tom Natyshen, Bill Hall, Sam Bitner, Dan Edjericon, J.C. Brien, Lew Whalen, Walter Dwyer, Mark Eveson, Francois H. Maille and Dave Nickerson. The interviews were coordinated and conducted by Bill Case, Walt Humphries and Brian Weir. The 943 images document the interior and exterior of buildings at Giant Mine, as well as show mining equipment and machinery. The videocassettes also document the interior and exterior of buildings, the Giant Mine site and machinery and equipment. The textual material includes agendas and minutes of meetings of the Giant Mine Heritage Working Group (now known as the NWT Mining Heritage Society), the final report on the assessment of Giant Mine, as well as correspondence and information related to the development of a mining museum at the Giant Mine site. In addition, there is a site plan showing Giant Mine buildings and locations.

Records include corporate plans for 2006-2008, promotion and scheduling of the Mine Rescue Competition, 1999-2004, and a survey of stakeholders completed in 2005.

This fonds consists of 14.5 cm of textual material, 1828 colour negatives and one DVD video documenting Ryan Silke's visits to various mine sites and locations between 1999 and 2010 including: Miramar Con Mine, Giant Yellowknife Mines, BHP Ekati Mine, Ptarmigan Mine, Akaitcho Mine, Discovery Mine, Thompson Lundmark, Hidden Lake, Ruth Mine, Walsh Lake, Viking Mine, Diversified Mine, North Inca Mine, Atlas Camp, AES Shaft (Giant Mine), Colomac Mine, Tundra Mine and Gordon Lake, Jackknife Camp, Cemetery Draw, Pet Claims, Grayling Lake, Ranney Camp, Burwash Mine, Lynx Camp, Kam Lake Camp, Yellorex Camp, Prosperous Lake, Pensive Lake, the Yellowknife River, Ryan Lake area (Ryanor and Goldcrest camps, Island Lake Core rack, and Crestaurum Mine), Aye camp, Rich YK camp, Keg Lake, Banting Lake, Oro Lake and vicinity, Garskie's Mine (Old Parr), Diavik, Great Bear Lake, Kam Point and the Old Mink Farm, Rayrock Mine, and Wool Bay area. As well, he has documented the activities of the NWT Mining Heritage Society. Includes the report "Ryan Silke's Site Visit Reports and Photographic Collection 2002-2003, Archaeological Investigations and Mine Site Documentation". The reports, typically illustrated, often include a short historical background on the mine or area, the anticipated goals of the visit, a travelogue, a site investigation report, a report on the various buildings and structures remaining, a report on equipment and machinery, a list of items salvaged, colour photographs, a list a photo identifications, hand drawn maps of the site or area, hand-coloured diagrams, copies of aerial photographs, and hand drawn renderings of buildings or floor plans.

Photographs depict the abandoned Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mine site and show the Kim shaft, mine site, and equipment inside the mill. The ravenous forest fires of the summer of 1998 and Mr. Regier's particular interest in old places combined to inspire he and a colleague to charter a float plane to visit the Thompson-Lundmark site. Their timing was fortunate, as the site burned the following day.

Records date from 1998-1999 and concerns the department's evaluation and assessment of the Environmental Assessment report produced by the Diavik Diamonds project.

This accession consists of a Ministerial briefing book on the topic of diamonds and diamond production in the Northwest Territories. The book has sections on the Diamond Industry Policy Framework, Global Diamond Industry, NWT Diamond Mines (Existing), NWT Diamond Mines (Future), Rough Diamond Supply Agreements, NWT Manufacturing, GNWT Agreements with Manufacturers, Trademarks/Branding, National Issues, International Issues, Potential Initiatives, Diamond Facts Publication, and Diamond Articles.

Records include meeting minutes from the senior management committee, an Information Systems strategic planning report, and a case file relating to legal action taken by the families of workers killed in the 1992 explosion at Giant Mine.

Records include reports and correspondence regarding safety training and evalution, original issues of the Mining Review newsletter, and records regarding divisional objectives.

The accession consists of records from the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (previously they Minerals Division of the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and the Minerals, Oil and Gas Division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development). The records include agreements with TransCanada Pipelines, the Government of Alberta, and the federal government. The records also include meeting materials for the Deputy Ministers' Pipeline Steering Committee, Managing This Land, the Mackenzie Gas Advisory Group, Deputy Ministers' Economic and Employment Development Committee, Diamond Review Committee, and the NWT Geoscience Office Joint Advisory Committee. Finally, the records also include publications of the division, including Canada's Northwest Territories Exploring Our Potential, Northwest Territories Economic, Framework Sector Profile Oil & Gas (draft), Diamonds and the Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997 and 2007 editions of A Guide to Mineral Deposits of the Northwest Territories, and Mining and Exploration Northwest Territories 2007 Overview.

Records date from 1994-2001 and consist of three files relating to mining industry winter road access, one file with varied material regarding NWT investment and trading strategies, including a brochure and report. There is one file on the Aurora Fund, a venture capital fund related to the federal Immigration Investor Program. Finally, there is also one file containing a consultant's report on household expenditure cost differentials between the NWT and southern communities.

The accession consists of records from the Wildlife and Fisheries division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development relating to the environment assessment and monitoring of the Diavik Diamond Mine. The records include reports, correspondence, meeting notes, presentation slides and speaking notes from public meetings, a draft Diavik Environmental Agreement, wildlife impact linkage diagrams, reviews, comments and responses, and records of the GNWT-Diavik Working Group and the Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board.

Records date from 1994-1998 and relate to policy development for resource community infrastructure, an economic policy framework, development of the Protected Areas Strategy, correspondence and meeting notes from the Technical Advisory Committee to the NWT Water Board, reports and meeting notes from the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on mineral development, including a report on Aboriginal involvement in the mineral industry, as well as files from the Working Committee on Traditional Knowledge. There are also record regarding the consolidation of the Departments of Renewable Resources, Economic Development and Tourism and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Records include reports, correspondence and Records of Decision regarding the Heritage Resources Act, the NWT Mining Act, and the NWT Mining Income Tax Act dating from 1993-1996.

The videocassette consists of "The City of Yellowknife", part of the series "Sketches of Our Town." The video, hosted and narrated by Harvey Kirck, was filmed in the fall of 1991. It depicts Yellowknife past and present, and includes archival material, and interviews with residents Michael Borden, Dave Lovell, Barb Cameron, Walt Humphries and pilot Jim McAvoy.
You can watch a version of this film on https://youtu.be/dqD_lZn5iZM , as hosted by BeaverCreekProductions.

The records date from 1991-1996 and relate to the negotiation, management and evaluation of the Economic Development Agreement (EDA), in particular the mining or mineral portion of the agreement. There are also records pertaining to the EDA from the Policy Committee, Management Committee, Minerals Management Committee, Audit and Evaluation Committee, Communications Management Committee, Coordinating Committee, Programme Evaluation Management Committee and Information Committee. In addition, there is a Guide to Legislation that was developed by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).

Records include economic policy issue files.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The records relate to the "Increasing the Number of Northern Workers in the NWT Mineral Industry - Impacts and Strategies" study, the “NWT Mining Statistics Survey Financial & Statistical Results Details by Individual Mines 1990-1992” survey, mineral royalty and mining taxation options, a draft Mining Income Tax Act, website development for the Coronation Gulf Mineral Development Area and the Mackenzie Valley Mineral Development Area, and mineral exploration projects. The records include correspondence, action plans, proposals, service contracts and agreements, terms of reference, reports, instructions, questionnaires, reference material, briefing material, presentations, speaking notes, responses to information requests, photographs, and Workers’ Compensation Board Annual Report 1990.