Articles by Alisha Hiyate

Questions, but no answers (yet)

These are interesting times for an industry that is still recovering from the Great Recession. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced in recent months that they’re looking to leave the…






Ground geophysics at Peregrine Diamonds and BHP Billiton's Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, in May. Photo by Peregrine Diamonds

Peregrine preps Chidliak for bulk sampling

The year 2010 would have been tough for Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) to top, even in the best of markets. The company made 34 new kimberlite discoveries at its 49%-owned Chidliak…


Pat Sheahan: A diamond-seeker’s best friend

Pat Sheahan has always done things her own way. The diamond researcher and founder of the Sheahan-MDRU literature service — which, in various forms, has been keeping explorers up to…


The birth of an industry

The genesis of Canada’s diamond industry can be pinpointed precisely to twenty years ago this month. That’s when BHP Billiton reported that its partner Dia Met, had found diamonds in…


Canada’s diamond bourse heads east

Eyeing the strong and growing demand for diamonds in China, the Diamond Bourse of Canada (DBC) has set up a permanent liaison office in the Shanghai Diamond Exchange. The DBC’s…


Metalex president and CEO Chad Ulansky with chairman Chuck Fipke. Photo by Alisha Hiyate

Metalex plans bulk sample at Kyle Lake

It’s a tall order, but if Metalex Ventures (MTX-V) can get the various permits and funding it needs, it could begin a 10,000-tonne bulk sample at its Kyle Lake project…


Rough diamonds from Stornoway Diamond's Renard project, in Quebec.

Stornoway set to release Renard feasibility

At press time in mid-October, a feasibility study for Stornoway Diamond‘s (SWY-T) 100%-owned Renard project, in Quebec, was due out within weeks. While Stornoway president and CEO Matt Manson said…


A cut 5-carat diamond from Shore Gold's Star kimberlite, in Saskatchewan. Photo by Shore Gold

Shore Gold in financing mode

Now that Shore Gold (SGF-T) has released a positive feasibility study for the Star-Orion project, in Saskatchewan, the only question that remains is how to fund the large, but low-grade…


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