Thanks.
Mr. Bevington, I think you're referring to the diamond-staking rush during the early 1990s. Diamonds were discovered in 1991, and production began in 1998.
There currently are three diamond mines operating in the Northwest Territories. Those mines have been operating for over a decade now, for the most part, and they're reaching maturity. They need to be replaced, or at least the reserves need to be replaced, and that requires exploration.
It's one thing to say, yes, the NWT certainly did very well during the 1990s in terms of exploration, and it certainly has reaped the rewards of that exploration. The diamond industry is still a brand new industry in Canada, in fact, and will be in place for some time, but I think it's important to recognize that life goes on. Those mines will come to their conclusion, will reach their mine life, and for the Northwest Territories to continue to reap those benefits, exploration needs to continue.
On the Nunavut side, with the current exploration situation and the very good list of projects coming forward, Nunavut stands to reap the same benefits over the next decade or so that the Northwest Territories did with the diamond-staking rush, so maybe it's Nunavut's turn, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be continuing exploration in the Northwest Territories.