Diamonds

Helicopter pilot Tim Franke (standing) and geologist Bruce Kienlen sample till at Canterra Minerals' diamond project in the Southern Slave region of the Northwest Territories.  Credit: Canterra Minerals

Canterra carves out more ground in diamond country

Randy Turner — the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 — is back at diamond exploration in the same part of…




Dominion unearths plenty of upside at Ekati

It’s been nearly two years since Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) picked up a majority interest in the Ekati diamond mine from BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BLT) for…


Editorial: Reading the tea leaves

Lukas Lundin, the chairman of Lucara Diamond may be bullish on diamonds (see Page 5), but he doesn’t see things improving for diamond juniors in the near term. “The general…


Gahcho Kué construction nears halfway mark

By the time Gahcho Kué achieves first production in the second half of 2016, more than two decades will have passed since the discovery of the 5034 kimberlite at the…



Pikoo diamond project in Saskatchewan

Canada’s mini-staking rush

After going into hibernation in the wake of the Great Recession, diamond juniors are slowly rousing and getting back into the field. Inspired by Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI) success at…


Canadian production on the rise

With Gahcho Kué and Renard now officially under construction, I think it’s fair to say that in four years’ time, Canadian diamond production will look significantly different than it does…


Stellar Diamonds' 100-tonne-per-hour dense media separation processing plant at the Baoul diamond project in southeastern Guinea. Credit: Stellar Diamonds

Stellar Diamonds starts trial mining in Guinea

For a junior diamond-development company with operations in Guinea and Sierra Leone — two of the three countries in West Africa hit by the Ebola virus — it’s remarkable that Stellar Diamonds (US-OTC: SDIZF; LSE:…




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