Kensington recovers 10.5-carat diamond (March 07, 2005)
Vancouver – Mini-bulk sampling on Kensington Resources’ (KRT-V) Fort la Corne joint venture in central Saskatchew…
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Shore Gold lands whale with Newmont’s major investment
Vancouver – Shore Gold (SGF-V) has lined up a $100-million financing that will see Newmont Mining (NEM-N) take down…
Int’l Royalty launches IPO raising $180 million
Vancouver — New mineral royalty company International Royalty (IRC-T) has hit the boards with one of the larger ju…
Crown Diamonds and Petra plan merger
Vancouver – A proposed marriage between Australian-listed Crown Diamonds and South African based, AIM-listed Petra…
Tahera land lease comes through
Diamond explorer Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) has received its lease for Crown lands covering the Jericho diamond project…
New Renard 2 sampling returns more diamonds
Mineralogical work on more samples from the Renard 2 kimberlite in northern Quebec has returned 146 carats of diamo…
Ashton gets good grades out of Renard 3
A large-volume drill sample from the Renard 3 kimberlite pipe in north-central Quebec has returned a high diamond g…
Rio Tinto ramps up diamond mine in Zimbabwe
With its small size and risky location, Murowa won’t be making the cover of Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) annual report any t…
Inco, De Beers ink arctic pact
Odd couple Inco (N-T) and De Beers Canada Exploration have inked a two-year deal to share their geophysical and geo…
Dianor confirms Leadbetter diamonds (January 12, 2005)
Results from initial, independent sampling at Dianor’s (DOR-V) new Leadbetter diamond property near Wawa, Ont., are…
Dianor enters Wawa camp
The Wawa diamond exploration camp in northern Ontario has a new player and may be entering a new phase of its devel…
Partners target Seal River
Nustar Resources (NTR-V) has identified some 30 new kimberlites targets on the Seal River project area in northern…