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…
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…
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…
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 …
Following several months of delays, Vancouver-based junior Citation Resources (CUE-V) has finally completed a deal to acquire diamond projects in western Greenland and Australia from Australian-based …
Charles FipkeCharles (Chuck) Fipke, known worldwide for his tenacious and ultimately successful 10-year diamond hunt in the barrens, is synonymous with Canadian diamonds.The chairman of Dia Met Minera…
The impact of diamond mining on the Canadian economy would multiply several-fold if the country established a secondary industry to cut, polish and market the production.Traditionally, about 20% of th…
An Ontario Court has denied River Gold Mines’ (RIV-T) request to relieve it from forfeiture of a lease to operate the Edwards gold mine northeast of Wawa, Ont.The decision came a day after mine owner …
Lassie Red Lake Gold Mines, formerly listed on the Canadian Dealing Network under the symbol LRLG, has merged with a subsidiary of Placer Dome (PDG-T)Minority shareholders of Lassie Red Lake voted 95….
The press release of Nov. 5, 1991, set off alarm bells in London, Sydney and Johannesburg, where headlines heralded a “major discovery” and a “coup” for Australia’s BHP Minerals. Foreign investors scr…
Stepping out from known mineralization at the Bongara zinc property in northern Peru, partners Cominco (CLT-T) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T) have encountered more high-grade zinc.Some 500 metres nor…
In the end, quality — not quantity — determines the economics of a diamond-bearing kimberlite. If the diamonds can’t be marketed as gems, the deposit — no matter how high-grade — is virtually wort…
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