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…
Lovat Inc. is the Canadian-based world leader in the custom design and manufacture of Tunnel Boring Machines utilized in the construction of tunnels for the transportation, sewer and water main, minin…
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A Canadian mine opening that attracts two cabinet ministers, a raft of federal and territorial politicians, aboriginal leaders, top mining executives from Down Under, a planeload of reporters, and a c…
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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