De Beers Canada fined $350,000 for violating petroleum storage regulations in N.W.T.

De Beers Canada has been fined $350,000 for a diesel spill at it's former Snap Lake Mine in the Northwest Territories.

The diamond company pleaded guilty in Territorial Court in Yellowknife on Monday to one charge under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for violating petroleum storage tank regulations.

Environment and Climate Change Canada says an investigation found up to 1,125 litres of diesel had been spilled during a fuel transfer between two aboveground storage tanks at the mine site in December 2017. 

Money from the fine will go to the national Environmental Damages Fund, which supports projects that benefit the environment.