Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 17, 2006)
Geological modelling of the Star kimberlite near Fort la Corne, Sask., has put the size of the body at 276 millio…
Diamonds
Brazilian Diamonds finds micro-diamonds
Brazilian Diamonds (BDY-T, BDY-L) recovered 129 micro-diamonds in samples from the first hole in a series of deep d…
Editorial: Kimberley in America: three years on
More than three years into the international adoption of the Kimberley process for the tracking and certification of rough diamond trading, a new report by the United States Government Accountability…
603-ct Lesotho diamond sells for US$12M
South African Diamond (Safdico), the manufacturing arm of London-based jeweller Laurence Graff, paid US$12.36 million for the 603-carat “Lesotho Promise Diamond” found at the Letseng diamond mine in L…
Stornoway turns over Ashton board (October 11, 2006)
Robert Boyd will stay on as interim chief executive officer at Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O), but now th…
Editorial: Kimberley in America — three years on
More than three years into the international adoption of the Kimberley process for the tracking and certification o…
Aber buys rest of Harry Winston
Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) has completed the US$157-million buy-out of its minority partners in famed jeweller Ha…
De Beers Disposes of Interest in Saskatchewan Diamond Play
De Beers, the world’s leading diamond player, is selling its entire 42.25% interest in the Fort la Corne (FalC) diamond project in Saskatchewan to Shore Gold (SGF-T, Shgdf-O) for $180 million in cas…
Stornoway to Take Up Ashton, Contact Shares
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has taken up the shares tendered under its bids for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) and Contact Diamond (CO-T, CONPF-O), but Ashton management still opposes…
Patrician Diamonds’ Sahtu Drilling Disappoints
Vancouver — Drill results from Patrician Diamonds’ (PXC-V, PCGDF-O) Sahtu project, in the McKenzie River Valley region of the Northwest Territories, disheartened investors and prompted a sell-off in…
Diamonds North Finds More Amaruk Kimberlites
A first pass of drilling by Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V, DNORF-O) on its wholly owned Amaruk property in the Pelly Bay area of Nunavut has resulted in the discovery of four new kimberlite bodies,…
Promising results from Tli Kwi Cho
Despite falling well short of recovering 3,000 tonnes of bulk sample from the DO-27 kimberlite pipe this past year, Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) is encouraged by the results from the 548 dry tonnes it d…