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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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