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…
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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…
Melville yields diamonds for Northern Empire, Stornoway
Vancouver — The cloak of secrecy under which Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and Stornoway Ventures (SWV-V) acquired more than 5,200 sq. km in Nunavut has proved efficacious: the partners have disco…
Kensington board all in favour of keeping Stone
The board of Kensington Resources voted unanimously to keep David Stone as its president after the company failed to report insider trading in Kensington stock made by Stone between 1997 and 2000.Ston…
Kelvin yields significant diamond count
Originally discovered in the spring of 2000, about 9 km northeast of the Kennady Lake cluster in the Northwest Territories, the Kelvin kimberlite body was ignored until this year when De Beers Canada …
Pele hopes Genesis is start of something big
Pele Mountain Resources’ (YPN-V) discovery of a significant diamond population in the Genesis showing at its Festival property near Wawa, Ont., has dramatically increased the potential for an economic…
De Beers finds base metals in northern Ontario
When it comes to new discoveries, expect the unexpected.While exploring for diamonds in the western James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario, De Beers stumbled across some sulphide mineralization on gro…