The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector to offer recommendations and opinions for the year ahead. In the previous issue, we heard from John Kaiser of …
Despite pre-auction jitters, gold soared $8.60 over the Jan. 9-15 report period to land at a London morning fix of US$287.95 per oz. on Jan. 16.On that day, the Bank of England sold another 20 tonnes …
Although a decade has passed since diamonds were first discovered in Canada, the potential for further discoveries has not yet diminished, as evidenced by the success of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T…
Perseverance may not always find its reward, but for a mining man and explorationist that knows the North, the development of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is a rich reward for …
With prices for base and precious metals sagging, funding for exploration has become scarce, a fact borne out by Halifax-based Metals Economic Group’s latest study of exploration budgets for 679 compa…
Lac de Gras, N.W.T. — Ten years after Charles Fipke’s milestone diamond discovery in the Northwest Territories, the only major Canadian player left in the wake of recent acquisitions and consolidatio…
Construction of Canada’s next diamond mine is 58% complete and remains on schedule for completion in April 2003.London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) and Toronto-based Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) are spending a tot…
Diamonds were a respectable exploration target in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s when De Beers and several major companies launched highly secretive programs aimed at finding kimberlites similar to tho…
A series of restructuring moves is enabling Tahera (TAH-T) to step up exploration of its extensive landholdings in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.In the latest development, the junior optioned …
Diamond explorer Archon Minerals (ACS-V) has come up empty after drilling 14 geophysical targets on the DHK and WI claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories.A year ago, BHP Dia…
Construction of the Diavik diamond mine is nearly one-third finished, with startup slated for April 2003.When all is said and done, London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) and Toronto-based Aber Diamond (ABZ-T…
Construction of what will be Canada’s second diamond mine is in full swing at a time when the nation’s diamond industry is marking the 10th anniversary of Chuck Fipke’s monumental discovery.London-bas…
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