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…
Diamonds
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…
Diamonds North and Majescor identify targets on Banks Island
Highly compelling kimberlite indicator mineral chemistry and a newly completed airborne geophysical survey over a portion of the Banks Island diamond project in Canada’s high Arctic has provided Diamo…
Sample yields Greenland diamond haul for Hudson
Vancouver – Initial processing of a portion of Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) 50-tonne mini-bulk sample from it…
Ashton shareholder seeks to overturn Stornoway merger
A shareholder of Ashton Mining has petitioned the British Columbia Supreme Court to cancel Ashton’s amalgamation wi…
Peregrine Launches Winter Program on Tli Kwi Cho
When cash calls to its joint-venture partners went unanswered in December, Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) increased its stake in the WO diamond project in the Northwest Territories and, in turn, the DO-27…
Diavik Exceeds Expectations
Despite the challenges created by the premature closure of the winter road in early 2006, the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories successfully kept operations and construction on track du…
Ashton Board Agrees to New Merger Plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has met the Ashton board’s approval.
Ashton board agrees to new merger plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of it…
Summer work at Churchill turns up diamondiferous dyke system
The source of some highly compelling G10 indicator mineral chemistry that had eluded Shear Minerals (SRM-V, SRMUF-O) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has finally been located with the discovery …