Archon Minerals Limited

Top-10 diamond companies in Canada

The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10 diamond companies with headquarters in Canada, ordered by market capitalization, as of early July 2019. 1. Lucara Diamond  Market cap:…


Dominion Diamond’s Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, in 2016. Geologists say that high temperature and pressure 55 million years ago in the Lac de Gras region’s Archean-aged crust set the stage for diamond creation. Credit Dominion Diamond.

Top 10 Canadian-based diamond companies

Canada is the fifth-largest diamond producer in the world, according to the Mining Association of Canada. Last year two new diamond mines came into production: Gahcho Kué in the Northwest…





TSX Venture trades flat, Jan. 26-30

The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index rallied late in the week to close relatively flat during the Jan. 26-30 trading sessions, as it lost around 0.2% before finishing at 676.81 points. Mining and energy stocks trended upward despite…


Dominion Diamond banks on Ekati

It’s been one year since Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC) took over operations at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, and president and CEO Bob Gannicott says the company’s transition…


Stewart Blusson, a director of New Nadina Explorations and president of Archon Minerals shows off the tools he uses to get around the tundra during a visit to the Monument diamond project in the Northwest Territories.

Monument Starts To Sparkle For New Nadina

VANCOUVER — Drill results from the Monument diamond project in the Northwest Territories point to the possibility of finding sizable stones, say its joint-venture owners.




New Nadina’s RIP kimberlite sparkles

More results from New Nadina Explorations’ (NNA-V, NNADF-O) RIP kimberlite, in the Northwest Territories, is proving that the pipe is anything but dead in terms of diamond potential.