Ashton Mining of Canada Inc

Renard 7, 8 prove diamondiferous

The two most recent Renard kimberlite finds in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamond-bearing.Joint-venture partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem have confirmed t…


Ashton President Robert Boyd, Soquem Vice-President of Exploration Pierre Bertrand, Soquem Assistant Director of Exploration Ghislain Poirier, and Ashton Project Mangager Robert Lucas sample eskers on the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec.

Ashton, Soquem find eighth kimberlite

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem have wrapped-up a summer field season in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec with the discovery of an eighth kimberlitic body.Renard 8 was fou…


Tichegami yields one stone

A second kimberlitic find on the Tichegami property in the Otish Mountains region of Quebec has returned only one microdiamond from 23.1 kg of tested material. The project is shared by Pure Gold Miner…


Potentilla proves a bust

Vancouver — A mini-bulk sample collected from the Potentilla kimberlite on the Kikerk Lake property in Nunavut’s north Slave Craton region has fallen short of expectations.The Kikerk Lake property is…


Ashton, Soquem step up work in Otish Mountains

Encouraged by the size of the diamonds recovered from the Renard cluster of kimberlitic intrusions in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec, the Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem…


Slave battle heads to courts

A dispute between joint-venture partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Pure Gold Minerals (PUG-T) over the Slave Regional project is headed for the courts.Ashton filed a statement of defence and…


Knife fight heads to court

Unable to come to terms with the Canadian exploration division of De Beers over the signing of a joint-venture agreement concerning the Knife Lake project in Nunavut, Rhonda (RDM-V) has ended discussi…



Kikerk Lake find carries diamonds

A kimberlite found this past spring by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has proved diamond-bearing. The discovery was made on the Kikerk Lake joint-venture property in the Coronation Gulf district of N…


Renard 3 yields larger stones (July 08, 2002)

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem have recovered eight macrodiamonds and 11 micros from a 54.6-kg sample at the Renard 3 kimberlite pipe on the 1,536-sq.-km Foxtrot property in the Otish Moun…


BM Diamondcorp targets Indonesian alluvials

Seeking success where others have failed, Toronto-based junior BM Diamondcorp (BDI-V) intends to resume mining at the Cempaka alluvial diamond project in Indonesia.Comprising 39 sq. km, the property i…


Ashton still bullish on Otish Mountains

Six years of regional reconnaissance exploration by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Soquem in the eastern Superior Craton of northern Quebec paid off in the fall of 2001 with the discovery of two …


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