Diamond exploration heats up in Manitoba
An area of northeastern Manitoba, between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, has been quietly garnering the attention of the major diamond explorers, including De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), BHP (B…
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Year is capped by Aber’s sale of Snap Lake to De Beers
Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has agreed to sell its 32.24% interest in the promising Snap Lake project to South Africa’s De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) for $173 million.The move came just days after Lo…
Navigator arranges financing
Junior Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) has arranged a brokered private placement in order to finance exploration of its diamond properties in Ontario and the Northwest Territories.The financing consists…
Analyst keeps close watch on Aber Diamond
Dorothy Atkinson was a government geologist based in Yellowknife during the heady days of the diamond rush in the Northwest Territories. Today, as senior mining analyst for IPO Capital, she’s keeping …
DIAMOND PAGE — Monopros discovers small pipe in NWT
Monopros has discovered a new kimberlite pipe between the 5034 and Hearne pipes on the AK property at Kennady Lake in the Northwest Territories.The Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mi…
DIAMOND PAGE — De Beers strikes deal to buy Canadian diamonds
De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q), through Swiss-based De Beers Centenary, has reached an agreement-in-principle with BHP Diamonds to buy 35% of run-of-mine production from the Ekati diamond mine i…
Diamonds steal the show at Cordilleran Roundup
The pervasive mood at this year’s annual Cordilleran Roundup was cautious optimism, perhaps because many delegates felt that there was nowhere to go but up. However, if attendance is any indication of…
Vancouver star of Cordilleran Roundup
A technical session on diamonds, sponsored by De Beers Consolidated Mines, and an overview of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) and carbonate-hosted polymetallic deposits in Mexico are but a few of …
DIAMOND PAGE — Monopros cements presence
Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q), is looking at Canadian diamond potential over the long haul.The company recently added an office in an east-Toronto subu…
De Beers opens Canadian office — Launches attempt to market Canadian diamonds
The world’s leading marketer of diamonds, De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-N), is strengthening its presence in Canada by opening an office in Vancouver, an emerging diamond mining centre.Under the m…