First of all, 80% of the GDP was from the diamond industry itself. The mine started it, and then the second one that came on board and the third one that came on board became 80% of the GDP of the Northwest Territories. That was not including the sorting facilities and outside contractors who supported the mine.
When that mine was built, there was an ice road. First it was primarily aviation-supported with an airstrip. There was the building of a Herc strip, a 737 landing strip, an ice road to get going and a camp and major infrastructure. I think it became the fifth-largest town in the Northwest Territories. It had the largest telephone exchange and most modern water treatment, three-stage water treatment that didn't exist in the Northwest Territories, both incoming and outgoing. It was a town of about 1,600 people and it was modern, obviously, in terms of facilities, recreation, food and, most importantly, the workâthe paycheques.
