DIAMONDS — Like a shot-gun blast from below
Diamond deposits begin forming 150-200 km below the thickest portion of the earth’s crust, where the right combination of cool temperatures and high pressures converts carbon not into the more common …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
DIAMONDS — Pinewood examines Afridi
Hoping to imitate its neighbor’s success, Pinewood Resources (PNW-V) is carrying out an airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey at its Afridi Lake diamond project, 320 km northeast of Yellowknife…
DIAMONDS — Ekati mine new jewel in Canada’s crown
A Canadian mine opening that attracts two cabinet ministers, a raft of federal and territorial politicians, aboriginal leaders, top mining executives from Down Under, a planeload of reporters, and a c…
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Lovat Inc. is the Canadian-based world leader in the custom design and manufacture of Tunnel Boring Machines utilized in the construction of tunnels for the transportation, sewer and water main, minin…
DIAMONDS — Trans Hex renews quest for Brazilian diamonds
Trans Hex International (THI-T) is once again searching Brazil’s river systems for alluvial diamonds.The Toronto-based company’s latest venture centres on a 49,000-ha property stretching along 50 km o…
DIAMONDS — Archon gains piece of Buffer Zone claims in NWT
Archon Minerals (ACS-V) has been given the green light by the Vancouver Stock Exchange to acquire a 31.2% participating interest in the Buffer Zone diamond claims, near the Ekati mine in the Northwest…
DIAMONDS — Production by Juina Mining delayed in Brazil
A dip in its stock price has prevented Juina Mining (GEMM-O) from raising the necessary financing to begin production at an alluvial diamond concession in southwestern Brazil.The Reno-based junior had…
DIAMONDS — Speculation grows that BHP could sell stake in Ekati
SPECIAL TO THE NORTHERN MINERThe finishing touches were barely in place at the Ekati mine when analysts and fund managers began speculating that Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) might sell its controli…
Kennecott finds second pipe
Kennecott Canada is two-for-two so far on the Legend property in northeastern Alberta. The Rio Tinto (RTP-N) subsidiary has intersected its second kimberlite body while drilling the Roc anomaly, the s…
Prime sets shareholder meeting
At a meeting scheduled for Dec. 1, shareholders of Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) will be asked to approve a bid by Homestake Mining (HM-N) for the 49.4% of the company that it does not already own.Und…
DIAMONDS — Pioneers of Canadian diamond exploration
Charles Fipke and Christopher Jennings have become household names, at least within the mining community. This is hardly surprising, as they played prominent roles in advancing kimberlite finds in the…