‘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….
Diamonds
Sparring partners approve FalC budget (May 01, 2006)
Despite ongoing legal wrangling, the Fort la Corne (FalC) joint-venture partners have unanimously approved a whopping $43.2-million exploration budget for their 225-sq.-km diamond project, about 60…
Ekati mine unfazed by strike
Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeas…
Warm weather dampens Gahcho Ku
Unseasonably warm weather in the Northwest Territories has claimed another diamond victim, with De Beers Canada hal…
Sparring partners approve FalC budget (April 21, 2006)
The Fort la Corne (FalC) joint-venture partners have unanimously approved a whopping $43.2-million exploration bu…
Partners target Lokgwabe, Boulder drops Tevrede
Partners Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O) and Helio Resource (HRC-V) are gearing up for a 1,000-metre, reverse-c…
Metalex recovers more diamonds from T1 kimberlite
Vancouver — A total of 243 diamonds has been recovered from a recent hole drilled by Metalex Ventures (MTX-V, MLXVF-O) to further test the T1 kimberlite pipe at the company’s 92%-owned Kyle Lake proj…
Indicator discovers diamonds at Barrow
The recent recovery of 176 diamonds from a piece of kimberlite float has Indicator Minerals (ime-v, imeef-o) gearing up for a busy exploration season at its 80%-owned Barrow project in the Franklin di…
Archangel Diamond catches a break from Swedish Court
Vancouver – The Swedish Supreme Court has paved the way for Archangel Diamond (AAD-V) to begin fresh arbitration p…
Diavik surpasses 20M carats
In the little over three years since startup, the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories has produced just under 20 million carats of rough diamonds to the end of 2005….
Wily Shore Gold takes the reins
The second-last day of March was a big one for Shore Gold’s shareholders, with the feisty junior explorer scoring a huge tactical victory over a stumbling De Beers, its major partner in the Fort la…
De Beers’ FalC claim dismissed (April 10, 2006)
The Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan has dismissed an action brought by De Beers Canada against its Fort la Corne (FalC) joint-venture partners Shore Gold (SGF-T, SHGDF-O), Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ…