A boom in lithium exploration is covering well-worn ground in the NWT. but there’s a new story in those old rocks as the world scrambles to meet exploding
demand for the metal. Could this be the start of the territory’s mineral revival?
Written by Cooper Langford
Photo courtesy: Li-FT Power
Uranium exploration is returning to Nunavut. How might the territory react this time?
Written by Cooper Langford
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Travis Pryor spends a large percentage of his time running a full-service auto shop in Whitehorse. The highlight in many of his weeks, however, comes when he puts down his toolkit and picks up a microphone.
Written by Cooper Langford
Photo by Crystal Schick
Until widespread COVID immunity builds up, the northern economies will simply have to find ways to cope. The big question is: How do we recover our confidence?
Written by Cooper Langford
Illo by John Fraser
Lockdowns. Closures. Lost sales. Lost production. The North may have skirted the worst health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The economy is another story.
Written by Amy Kenny, Bill Braden, Cooper Langford
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGICO EAGLE MINES LTD
Rough prices have been less than inspiring over the past few years. There’s new competition from lab-grown gems. Investment in northern exploration is dragging. Is this where the northern diamond industry starts turning out the lights?
Written by Cooper Langford
PHOTO COURTESY DIAVIK DIAMOND MINES
