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Tyson Birkett, a representative of Soquem, Brooke Clements, Ashton's vice-president of exploration, and Robert Lucas, project manager of Ashton Quebec, stand near drill core samples from the Otish Mountains.

Coronation Bay a hot spot for diamond explorers

Although a decade has passed since diamonds were first discovered in Canada, the potential for further discoveries has not yet diminished, as evidenced by the success of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T…


Merger mania grips mining industry in 2001

Against a rather grim backdrop that included an American economy slipping into recession, worldwide commodity deflation and a new war on terrorism, the big story in 2001 for the North American mining …


Gren Thomas, shown here in a 1995 photograph with daughter Eira, examines core from the A-418 kimberlite pipe at the Diavik property.

Gren Thomas our Man of the Year in 2001

Perseverance may not always find its reward, but for a mining man and explorationist that knows the North, the development of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is a rich reward for …


A critical time for Argentina

Mining, to a greater degree than most heavy industries, relies on demand from the emerging markets. Industrializing economies, historically, have used about twice as much metal per unit of production …


Quebec, Ontario top Fraser rankings

Quebec and Ontario tied for top spot in a survey that considered the attractiveness of mining regions to investors. The survey, the fifth in as many years, was conducted by The Fraser Institute in Van…


Otish Mountains diamond play heats up

Confirmation that two “kimberlitic” discoveries in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamondiferous has focused attention on the area.Prior to the Christmas holidays, Ashton Minin…


US markets up over the holidays

Markets in the U.S. enjoyed a modest boost over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 36.32 points to surpass the 10,000-mark and the Standard and Poor’s 500 a…


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