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De Beers Canada received a national Silver Award in the Mining and Natural Resources Division at the 2017 Canada’s Safest Employers Gala in Toronto on October 24. 

Launched in 2011, the annual Canada's Safest Employers awards recognize companies for their outstanding accomplishments in promoting the health and safety of their workers. In all 40 companies across Canada were recognized in 14 awards categories during a gala held in Toronto, ON.

“We put safety first in everything that we do and we are honoured that this value has been recognized nationally once again,” said Kim Truter, CEO of De Beers Canada. “Our proudest accomplishment is when our employees can expect to go home safely to their families at the end of every shift.”

De Beers’ outstanding safety culture has been recognized several times over the past few years at the local, regional and national levels. Among the awards are two successive national John T. Ryan Awards for mining safety at Victor Mine in Northern Ontario for 2015 and 2016.

Gahcho Kué Mine received the Hatch-CIM Project Safety Award from the Canadian Institute of Mining (CIM) in early 2017 and the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Workplace Health and Safety Award in late 2016. The company’s exploration division is also a multiple safety award winner and Snap Lake Mine, now in extended care and maintenance, received two western region John T. Ryan safety awards, in 2009 and 2013.

De Beers Canada operates Victor Mine, located in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, and the Gahcho Kué Mine in the Northwest Territories, a joint venture with Mountain Province Diamonds.  De Beers’ Snap Lake Mine, also, in the NWT, is currently on extended care and maintenance. The company has over 900 employees across the country.