Pele lures De Beers to Wawa (August 11, 2003)
The Canadian exploration arm of De Beers has entered into an option agreement with Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) at the latter’s 100-sq.-km Festival diamond property, 25 km north of Wa…
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Diamonds North targets Victoria Island (July 28, 2003)
Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has returned to Victoria Island in Nunavut, hoping to build on last year’s diamond exploration program, in which 11 kimberlite bodies and showings were found.This year…
New diamond plays come into view in northern Canada
The diamond hunt is exploding with new kimberlite discoveries beyond the Slave Craton in Canada’s Far North. Recent discoveries are reported near Rankin Inlet and on the Melville Peninsula in eastern …
News – 23-JUN-03
Although Saskatchewan kimberlites carry much lower grades than those being mined in the Canadian Arctic, the sheer size of the Fort la Corne kimberlites renders them highly attractive targets.The Fo…
Namco sinks into watery grave
Out of working capital and with no hope its subsidiaries will resume operations, marine diamond miner Namibian Minerals is heading into permanent dry dock as liquidators sell off the company’s assets….
Lac de Gras work fails to find source
Drilling on a property held by Geodex Minerals (GXM-V) in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories has determined that a prominent circular magnetic feature was not caused by a kimberlite i…
Gahcho Kue study falls short
The Gahcho Kue diamond project in the Northwest Territories is remaining on the back burner after an updated desktop study by De Beers failed to meet a critical 15% internal rate of return required to…
Ashton and Soquem size up Renard
Having demonstrated the commercial potential of the Renard group of kimberlitic bodies in north-central Quebec by recovering large diamonds at encouraging grades, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and p…
Gahcho Kue reveals dykes
Drilling by the Canadian exploration division of De Beers has encountered kimberlite intersections on the Kelvin and Faraday bodies, north of the Kennady Lake cluster, at the Gahcho Kue joint venture …
Tanzania: a miner’s elephant country
Better known for red-cloaked Masai tribesmen and big game safaris, the United Republic of Tanzania is actually a phenomenally mineral-rich land.Formerly known as British East Africa, and German East A…
De Beers processes Fort la Corne sample
Vancouver — Kensington Resources (KRT-V) reports that Anglo American’s (AAUK-Q) diamond unit, De Beers Canada Exploration, has completed heavy mineral separation on a mini-bulk sample taken last year…
Diamonds among best bets for ’03
The Northern Miner asked several followers of the junior mining sector for their recommendations and predictions for 2003. Last week we heard from John Kaiser and Donald Poirier. This week, James Must…