Full speed ahead for Stornoway at Renard
As Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) makes progress on the all-weather road that will give it the access it needs to begin construction at its Renard diamond project in north-central Quebec, the…
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Dominion sees improving market in Q4
Dominion Diamond’s (DDC-T, DDC-N) fourth-quarter and year-end results for fiscal 2013 reveal an improving diamond market in the final quarter of last year, with rough prices increasing by 11%. Sales…
Bob Gannicott on Dominion Diamond’s new vision
Since Canada’s second diamond mine, Diavik, went into production in 2003, its 40% owner — at that time known as Aber Diamond — has been looking for other quality diamond…
Partners move Gahcho Kué forward
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and De Beers completed ice road deliveries to the Gahcho Kué diamond joint venture, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, at the…
Karowe delivers for Lucara
Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) has discovered several spectacular diamonds — including four rare blue gems — since it started full production at its Karowe mine, in Botswana, last August. Lucara has…
Sheahan keeps diamond literature service going
At the end of last year, the University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) stopped offering the Sheahan-MDRU literature service, and the service’s founder, Patricia Sheahan, is now…
Passport sees potash aplenty in Arizona
Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the…
Goldrock nears construction decision with positive Lindero feasibility study
VANCOUVER — With a new name, a revamped management team and now a feasibility study for its flagship Lindero gold project in Argentina, Goldrock Mines (GRM-V) is striding towards its goal of becoming a gold producer.
Aldridge de-risks Yenipazar in Turkey
A nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia measuring about 800 by 1,600 km is punching above its weight as an emerging mining jurisdiction, with operating mines owned by Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) and Alacer Gold…
NexGen set to make its mark in the Athabasca
With resource stocks tumbling into bear territory, the landscape for commodity investing is changing.
Coalspur’s Vista project to start production in 2015
Coalspur Mines (CPT-T) believes its Vista coal project — located 2 km from a Canadian National Railway (CNR) line on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta — has the potential to become one of the largest export thermal…
Falco finds gold in Horne’s old data
Falco Pacific Resource Group (FPC-V) secured the jewel of Canada’s mining history just as markets tightened. But rather than let the conditions get it down, the company wound up proving that necessity is indeed the mother of invention…