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Diamond explorers are returning to Sierra Leone and neighbouring West African countries amid signs that political stability is taking hold in the region after years of civil war.

Goldcrest Resources (GCL-V) has hit high-grade gold on its Youanmi project, 480 km north northeast of Perth in Western Australia.

After enjoying success in the Northwest Territories, some members of the original Snap Lake discovery team formed Nordic Diamonds (NDL-V) and began exploring Scandinavia in search of diamonds.

U.S. equity markets enjoyed strong gains during the report period June 2-8, with the golds generally lower and base metal stocks generally higher.

Vancouver-based DiamondWorks was one of the more controversial diamond producers of the late 1990s, operating two rich mines in Sierra Leone and Angola until both operations were overwhelmed by civil strife and the company was pushed to the edge o…

as of 4 pm ET, June 8, 2004(%)…

Vancouver — Development drilling by American Bonanza Gold Mining (BZA-V) at the Copperstone project in Arizona’s La Paz Cty. has returned high gold values.

First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has entered a deal to acquire an 80% interest in a copper-gold project in western Mauritania.

Vancouver — Ledcor CMI, a British Columbia-based contractor, has agreed to resuscitate the Gibraltar open-pit copper mine and take over operatorship from Taseko Mines (TKO-V). The mine is near Williams Lake i…

We note that Vancouver-based reporter Brent Mudry, who livened the pages (and web pages) of Canada Stockwatch for a decade, has left his keyboard to become a civilian investigator for the Integrated Market Enforcement Team of the Royal Canadian Mo…

It’s back to the drawing board for Dunsmuir Ventures (DVV-V).