Gahcho Kué: positive feasibility study for partners De Beers, Mountain Province
Will Gahcho Kué be Canada’s next diamond producer? It may very well be, based on the positive results emerging from a recently completed independent feasibility…
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Diamonds North tests Beluga-3
At a cost of around $1.5 million, Diamonds North’s (DDN-V) summer exploration program at its flagship Amaruk property, in Nunavut, wasn’t an extensive one. But…
Lucara on a roll at Mothae, AK6
With the start of test mining at its Mothae diamond operation in June, and a positive feasibility for the development-stage AK6 joint-venture project released the…
Stornoway, Soquem, aim for 2011 production decision at Renard
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) and Soquem have started work on a feasibility study at their Renard joint venture in Quebec, while at the same time, attempting…
Birks showcases Victor diamonds
Located in the James Bay lowlands of Ontario, De Beers Canada’s Victor mine is known for known for exceptionally high-quality, high-value diamonds. Although the grade…
Peregrine’s quantum leap at Chidliak
IQALUIT —There don’t seem to be many places at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) 49%-owned Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, 120 km northeast of Iqaluit, that are…
Jericho purchase marks change in strategy for Shear Minerals
The Northern Miner headline in September 2005 proclaimed the exciting news: Tahera Diamond’s 100%-owned Jericho diamond mine would be Canada’s third diamond mine, and the…
The competition heats up
Since our last issue of Diamonds in Canada in May, fears that the global economic recovery might be derailed have started to ease. Diamond retailers…
Blackwater reveals its strength for Richfield
SITE VISIT QUESNEL, B.C. — One hundred and fifty million years ago the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Hazelton Group were laid down in…
The Banana grows for Hana
For Hana Mining (HMG-V), 2010 is shaping into a banner year.
Freeport settles with DRC gov’t at Tenke
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government has finally completed its lengthy review of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt project and confirmed that …
Hathor’s superb uranium hits
The latest drill results from Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-V) Roughrider uranium discovery on the Midwest Northeast project in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin are literally off the scale.