De Beers Canada Corporation

De Beers Canada health and safety personnel inspect the construction site at the proposed Snap Lake diamond mine, situated 220 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.

News February 21, 2005

A sparkling year for De Beers

The past year was another banner one for the diamond industry, highlighted by strong demand for rough diamonds from cutting centres….

Auger drilling by Vaaldiam Resources at the newly discovered Clara pipe in the southern block of the Pimenta Buena property in Brazil's Rondonia state. The discovery is significant in that it is the first pipe on the property found by drilling an electromagnetic anomaly, rather than a more-typical magnetic anomaly.

News February 21, 2005

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Vancouver — The search for diamond-bearing kimberlites in Brazil has been ongoing for at least 40 years, but success has so far proved elusive….

From left: Ashton Project Geologist Alan O'Conner (green pants) and Project Manager Robert Lucas (centre) look on as Pierre Bertrand, vice-president of exploration with Soquem, examines the ground at the Lynx South showing on Ashton's Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec.

News February 14, 2005

Renard 3 delivers strong results

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem plan to spend a total of at least $12 million exploring for diamonds in the province this year,…

A 56.6-carat octahedral diamond recovered by Australian-based Crown Diamonds at one of its South African mines. The diamond fetched US$488,889.

News February 7, 2005

Southern African diamonds lure Aussies

Vancouver — Once the exclusive domain of De Beers, southern Africa is today being explored by an increasing number of Australian and Canadian companies….

A drill tests the Fort la Corne diamond project in east-central Saskatchewan. The property is jointly owned by Kensington Resources, De Beers Canada and Cameco.

News January 24, 2005

Shore turns pipe dreams into reality

Shore Gold (SGF-T) has achieved its goal of recovering a 3,000-carat parcel of diamonds from the Star kimberlite project in Saskatchewan.

News December 27, 2004

Northern initiative generates targets for Diamonds North

Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has staked more than 1,200 sq. km of new mineral claims 100 km south of Baker Lake in Nunavut, following the recovery of kimberlite indicator mineral grains from multiple till samples. The sample…

News December 20, 2004

Diavik’s success spawns new mine plan

The Diavik mine in Canada’s Far North has consistently exceeded design expectations and delivered better-than-expected diamond values during the ramp-up to full production.

An aerial view of the Jericho diamond property portal and bulk-sampling pad in Nunavut.

News November 8, 2004

Tahera lines up financing for Jericho

Jericho Camp, Nunavut — Now that Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) has arranged financing for construction and development of its Jericho diamond project in Nunavut, the last remaining hurdle to clear is licences for land and water.

News November 1, 2004

Summer work in eastern Nunavut yields diamond discoveries

A flurry of exploration in eastern Nunavut has resulted in several kimberlite discoveries.

At Shore Gold's Star Diamond project, a view looking north of a temporary clamstand used for the initial shaft excavation.

News September 13, 2004

Shore announces dividend-in-kind

With the Star diamond project in Saskatchewan taking centre-stage, Shore Gold (SGF-V) has spun out its portfolio of gold properties for stock in a new subsidiary called Wescan Goldfields (WGF-V).

News September 6, 2004

De Beers farms out Arctic properties

In a bid to advance some of its non-core assets, De Beers Canada has optioned several properties in the Far North to a couple of juniors under separate deals.

Vaaldiam personnel sampling the Tumeleiro 3 kimberlite pipe at Pimenta Bueno. A 163-kg sample Rio Tinto collected from the pipe in the mid-1990s graded 17.84 carats per tonne.

News August 30, 2004

Vaaldiam hunts for Brazilian diamonds

A rejuvenated Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-V) has been busy these past eight months carrying out grassroots exploration on its Pimenta Bueno diamond property in Brazil.

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