In search of leadership, needle points north for De Beers
$982 million Capital cost of the Victor diamond project…
Diamonds
Hudson hunts rocks in Greenland
Vancouver — Greenland’s largest recovered diamond coupled with a drilled kimberlite dyke structure, has Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) optimistic its Garnet Lake project could prove out as the reg…
Rough trade
With the union’s rejection of management’s latest and “final” counter-offer on May 31, the two sides at BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N, BLT-L) Ekati diamond mine appear further apart than ever, more than eight…
Arctic diamond hunt heads east
Vancouver — With most of the best prospects in the Lac de Gras diamond camp already in senior company hands, Canadian diamond exploration companies have shifted their focus to less explored areas con…
Slow but steady for Dianor at Leadbetter
Shares of Dianor Resources (DOR-V) have not escaped the downdraft of the junior mining market in recent weeks, touc…
EKATI snubs union’s proposal
EKATI Diamond Mine says the latest offer from the union doesn’t meet the “flexibility requirements” it needs to ope…
Partners bullish at Brauna
Trenching by partners Majescor Resources (MAJ-V, RSMJF-O) and Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T, VAAFF-O) has turned up ano…
SouthernEra expands in the DRC
SouthernEra Diamonds (SDM-T, SRE-L) is upping its presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by taking a 74…
De Beers FalC appeal dismissed
The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan has upheld an earlier ruling that a voting agreement between Shore Gold (SGF-T…
Pure Gold and De Beers ink “High Arctic” diamond deal
Vancouver – With a new president at the helm and a financing in the works, Pure Gold Minerals (PUG-T) has signed a…
Second phase of bulk-sampling yields more diamonds at Star
Vancouver – A second-phase underground bulk-sampling program has been completed at the Star diamond project near P…
‘Business as usual’ at Ekati
Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., appears to be holding up just fine….