Northwest Territories Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Caitlin Cleveland outlines the territory’s strategic shift from diamond mining to critical minerals as major diamond operations—including Diavik and Ekati—wind down earlier than expected. She highlights the urgent need for new all‑season infrastructure like the Mackenzie Valley Highway and the GraYS Bay Road/Port, which together form the Arctic Economic and Security Corridor to link NWT’s mineral deposits to global markets. With over $40 billion in investment opportunities on the horizon, Cleveland stresses workforce re-skilling, early Indigenous partnership building, and the territory’s streamlined, co‑managed regulatory system as key advantages for advancing brownfield and greenfield projects in silver, zinc, tungsten, and rare earths.