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Over the past few days De Beers Group has watched with deep concern the growing extent of the unprecedented wildfires in the Northwest Territories (NWT) which have led to the evacuation of eight communities. 

De Beers Group's Gahcho Kué mine and the Snap Lake mine closure project are both located in the NWT - while both sites are more than 200km away from Yellowknife and are not threatened by wildfire, the territory is home to more than 200 De Beers Group employees, many of whom live in the impacted communities.

With the safety and wellbeing of employees and their families affected by the situation in the NWT top of mind, De Beers Group is working to support employees affected by the evacuations to enable them to be with their loved ones during this extremely difficult time.

The company also expresses is deepest gratitude to the firefighters, military personnel, and other first responders working to stop the wildfires in the NWT, and to those supporting the evacuations.

In the meantime, operations at Gahcho Kué and active closure activities at Snap Lake are continuing.