When you think of diamond mining, South Africa comes immediately to mind, followed closely, perhaps, by a trio of other major southern Africa producer nations: Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Further no…
Things may be quiet now, but, come autumn, the diamond play near Kirkland Lake, Ont., is expected to gain momentum. By then, the major players will have finished evaluating results from early spring a…
Within the space of less than a week, Utah-based Gold Standard (NASDAQ) has gone from rags to riches to rags. The penury-wealth-penury fast track began Sept. 3 when a jury in Utah ruled defendant Gett…
Beach sand could soon become a “hot item” in this sleepy little fishing village on Quebec’s North Shore. Tiomin Resources (ME) is collecting a 100-tonne sample of heavy mineral concentrate from its Na…
About 70 participants, mainly geologists, prospectors and university students, recently attended a 1-day workshop on kimberlite exploration, at the Haileybury School of Mines in Haileybury, Ont. Title…
Although the occurrence of diamonds in glacial drift in southern Ontario is well documented, few people are aware that kimberlite dykes have been recognized in two localities just north of Lake Ontari…
A second hard look is being given to the Hackett River mineral belt about 200 km east of Metall Mining’s (TSE) Izok Lake project in the Northwest Territories. Inactive until recently, the belt has bee…
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The story of how diamonds were discovered in Le Tac Twp. in northwestern Quebec includes a large amount of luck and is similar to earlier finds of mineral deposits in the Canadian Shield. So writes Wi…
Bishop Resources, soon to be trading on the Montreal Exchange’s unlisted market, has moved a small, sluice-box-style “concentrator” onto its Guadalupe gold property in Mexico. The aim is to test the p…
One of the first juniors to join the diamond exploration rush in this northern region was Vancouver-based Aber Resources (TSE). Today, the company holds varying interests in the 600,000-plus hectares …
There are now more than 200 companies active in North American diamond exploration. Much of this exploration is under challenging Arctic conditions. One group with a proven track record in that domain…
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