Indigenous govs, businesses not hopeful of any payment as Ekati shuts
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Indigenous govs, businesses not hopeful of any payment as Ekati shuts
Alice Twa
Wednesday July 22, 2026 at 5:57am MT
Equipment in the Ekati diamond mine boneyard in 2026. Photo: GNWT
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Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty called it “wishful thinking” when asked if he expected the Tłı̨chǫ Government and its companies with contracts at Ekati to get paid.
The NWT diamond mine entered receivership this month, owing hundreds of millions of dollars. The North Slave Métis Alliance and Air Tindi agree that the prospects are bleak of seeing any of the money they are owed.
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