Can Diavik alumni hit the mark with North Arrow?
Since March, North Arrow Minerals (TSXV: NAR; US-OTC: NHAWF) has added six projects to its diamond exploration portfolio for a total of seven.
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Rockwell’s revenue up 31%
Rockwell Diamonds (TSX: RDI) has seen some improvements in the first quarter of its fiscal 2014, after refocusing on its Middle Orange River diamond projects in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, with revenue soaring 31% to US$6.6…
Stornoway gets the go-ahead at Renard
Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY; US-OTC: SWYDF) has received a positive environmental assessment decision from the Canadian government, being the last major permit the company needs to build its flagship Renard diamond mine in Quebec.
Editorial: A pit stop at the halfway point
The Canadian mining industry staggered and gasped to complete the first half of 2013, a little dehydrated and cramped, and trying to summon the strength to get through the rest of the year in competitive shape.
Greenland’s timeless allure
Avannaa Resources is a privately held exploration company founded by three geologists from Britain and Denmark who pooled their interest and experience in Greenland. It may be an unfamiliar name to many, but over the last nine months, the…
Lucara’s Karowe diamond mine keeps giving
Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) is one of the few junior diamond producers excelling in the turbulent markets, as it discovers more large stones at its 100%-owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, including a 239-carat stone, which recently sold for…
Pangolin finds more kimberlites in Botswana
In the last two months, Pangolin Diamonds (PAN-V) has discovered two of the seven new kimberlites found in Botswana over the last five years and added as a consultant Manfred Marx, a diamond geologist who led the field team that in…
Lucara sells diamonds for $25M
Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) has raked in more revenue than expected from its first special diamond sale for its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.
Treasure Hunters: The latest from Canadian-listed diamond explorers, developers and miners
The markets continue to be tough for diamond companies at nearly every stage, with diamond prices having taken a tumble in 2012. Here’s a look at how diamond companies are…
Signs of life in the diamond space
In the 1990s, Aber Diamond was one of the first to join Canada’s diamond rush, set off by the discovery of diamonds in the Northwest Territories by Dia Met Minerals…
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…
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…