Ashton Mining of Canada Inc

Diamonds from Ashton Mining of Canada's largest project, a joint venture with Quebec-owned Soquem, the Foxtrot property in northern Quebec. At Foxtrot, Ashton has outlined the nine Renard kimberlite bodies with diamond grades estimated at 0.08 to 1.24 carats per tonne. Ashton is running a $29-million exploration program there this year.

News July 31, 2006

Stornoway bids for Ashton, Contact

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) is offering to take over two other diamond explorers to create a $200-million company, and has lined up agreements with controlling shareholders that make the deal look likel…

News July 27, 2006

Ashton declines politely

The board of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has come out swinging at bidder Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T), calling Sto…

News July 24, 2006

Stornoway bidding for Contact, Ashton

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) is offering to take over two other diamond explorers to create a $200-million company, an…

A trench excavated in 2005 on the Lynx dyke system, part of the Foxtrot diamond property in north-central Quebec. Foxtrot is held by a joint venture between Ashton Mining of Canada and Quebec-owned Soquem. From left: Ghislain Poirier, assistant manager of exploration with Soquem; Tyson Birkett, Soquem's project manager; Pierre Bertrand, Soquem's vice-president of exploration; and Al O'Connor, project manager with Ashton Mining of Canada.

News February 20, 2006

Ashton and Soquem plan $24M program to prove up Renard cluster

Joint-venture partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem, a Quebec crown corporation, are planning to spend $24 million to advance the Foxtrot diamond pr…

News December 1, 2005

Rio Tinto boosts its Ashton stake

Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) has boosted its stake in diamond explorer Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) via a $4.5 milli…

News August 12, 2005

Ashton jumps on boulder find

Shares in Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) were 11, or nearly 10%, higher at $1.24 in afternoon trading in Toronto …

News June 28, 2005

Renard 9 yields 101 CPHT

A 6.18-tonne sample from Ashton Mining of Canada’s (ACA-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem’s equally-owned Renar…

News May 16, 2005

Renard stones worth US$88 per carat

A 459-carat parcel of diamonds from the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec has returned a modelled value of US$88 per carat for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Quebec gove…

News May 9, 2005

PEOPLE (May 09, 2005)

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News May 2, 2005

Ashton cuts new Nunavut kimberlite (May 02, 2005)

Spring drilling by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has returned a 160-metre interval of olivine macrocrystic kimberlite from the Ric property in the Coronation Gulf region of Nunavu…

News April 27, 2005

Renard stones worth US$88 per ct

A 459-carat parcel of diamonds from the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec has returned a modelled value of U…

News April 25, 2005

De Beers gaining strength in Canadian diamond sector

Although no new mines were built in Canada last year, plans on the drawing board suggest that four advanced diamond projects will soon become Canadian producers, including two in the Northwest Territo…

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