De Beers takes to African skies
In leaving no stone unturned in the search for its next diamond mine, De Beers is using a Zeppelin airship to fly a combination of gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys across the Kalahari sands of…
Diamonds
New discovery at Amaruk proves diamond-bearing
While microdiamond results are positive for the first of four new kimberlites discovered last year by Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V, DDNFF-O) on the Amaruk property in the Pelly Bay area of Nunavut,…
Tough year for De Beers
Diamond producers were faced with a challenging rough market in 2006, however, demand at the retail consumer level remained solid across the world, with an estimated growth of somewhere between 4% and…
Uranium feasibility study for Equinox copper project
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has entered into a $175-million bought-deal financing agreement to fund the develop…
Editors picks: top stories of the week
No commodity has more questions marks around it right now than uranium, with its very tight supply and continued pr…
De Beers uncovers Botswana’s riches
With deep pockets and unmatched experience in Botswana, De Beers is pushing ahead on its evaluation of the promising AK-6 kimberlite pipe, one of 31 known kimberlites covered by the Boteti project, a …
Zimbabwe’s desperate miners dig to escape poverty
Harare, Zimbabwe — The Zimbabwe government is struggling to contain a nationwide wave of illegal prospecting for precious minerals and metals that is threatening the viability of the already troubled…
Diamond haul for Hudson
Vancouver — Initial processing of a portion of Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) 50-tonne mini-bulk sample from its Garnet Lake kimberlite dyke, in western Greenland, has returned 350 diamonds inclu…
Editor’s Picks: Top stories of the week
The small club of global nickel miners was the top newsmaker during the week ended Feb. 2, 2007, with substantial d…
Hudson recovers 2.4-carat Greenland diamond
Vancouver – Initial processing of the 47-tonne mini-bulk sample taken from Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) Garne…
Trigon shifts to uranium
Vancouver — Shareholders of the newly renamed Trigon Uranium (TEL-V, TELWF-O) have to be happy with its diversification from diamonds into uranium earlier this year, especially in light of surging pr…
Shear recovers its largest diamond to date from Churchill
While results remain pending for a 19.5-tonne mini-bulk sample collected from a network of four new kimberlite dyke discoveries on the Churchill joint-venture project in eastern Nunavut, further micro…