Ashton Mining of Canada Inc

Otish Mountains diamond play heats up

Confirmation that two “kimberlitic” discoveries in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamondiferous has focused attention on the area.Prior to the Christmas holidays, Ashton Minin…


CDNX starts 2002 on bullish note

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange kicked off 2002 with a holiday rally led by junior explorers. The Standard and Poor’s-Canadian Venture Exchange Composite Index jumped 58.1 points, or 5.9%, and c…


TSE enters new year with a bang

Having lost 14% of its value last year, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index began the slow road to recovery with a gain of 163.11 points, or 2.2%, over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period. The benchmark…


Exploration companies tightened belts in 2001

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…


Otish rocks diamondiferous (December 24, 2001)

Vancouver — Diamond counts have determined the favourable nature of two kimberlitic bodies in Quebec’s Otish Mountains.Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) discovered the bodies while drill-testing four g…


Partners eye Coronation

Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-V) and Tyler Resources (TYS-V) have inked a deal to acquire a joint 65% interest a 460-sq.-km diamond prospect in the Coronation Gulf district of Nunavut.Under the agreeme…



Diamondex gains ground

Randy Turner’s Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) has struck an agreement to acquire a 70% interest in the Peregrine property in Nunavut.Situated in the emerging Coronation Bay kimberlite camp, 520 km north …


Ashton boosts offering to $8m

Higher-than-expected demand for a $3-million brokered flow-through financing priced at a $1.10 per unit has led Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) to raise an additional $1 million under the same terms.A…


Coronation pipes return strong counts

A new kimberlite camp is emerging some 50-120 km south of Coronation Bay in the northern Slave Craton region of Nunavut. Discoveries by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Kennecott Canada Exploration…


Wake-up call for investors in BC exploration

Vancouver — A couple of years ago, an eastern commentator said B.C. stands for “basket case” and that the province’s exploration industry is in a coma. But if any industry is likely to survive tough …


CDNX bolstered by rate slash

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange rallied in light of another cut in U.S. interest rates. The resource indices led the way as the Canadian Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 31.44 points, …


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