De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
Canada overtakes South Africa in diamond value
With two diamond mines already established and three projects at the permitting stages, Canada will surpass South Africa this year in terms of diamond production value and move into third place, behin…
Pivotal year for Ashton, Soquem in Quebec
A bulk-sampling drilling program is under way at the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec as Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and partner Soquem set about recovering a cumulative sample of at least…
People (February 16, 2004)
Argosy — Peter Lloyd retired as president and CEO but remains non-executive chairman; Cecil Bond appointed interim CEO and will serve as CFO and CEO.Banro — Peter Cowley appointed director.Bullio…
Where do we go from here?
Along with salt and sharp-edged weapons-grade obsidian and chalcedony (flint), coloured gemstones probably have been mined longer than any other mineral commodities known to man. However, it is only o…
De Beers’ Victor mired in red tape
De Beers is reassessing the proposed development schedule for the advanced-stage Victor diamond project in northern Ontario while it awaits notification from the federal government regarding scoping r…
Klipspringer trips over exchange rate klip
The rising South African rand has forced SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) to suspend operations at its Klipspringer di…
Aber to buy Harry Winston
Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has struck a preliminary deal to acquire Harry Winston, the prestigious New York-based “jeweler to the stars.”The deal would take place in stages, beginning with a 51% stake invol…
SouthernEra advances Messina, raises C$77m (December 08, 2003)
Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is using a staged approach to develop its Messina platinum assets, 250 km northeast of Johannesburg on the eastern limb of South Africa’s Bushveld igneous c…
De Beers to bring Gahcho Kue to feasibility (December 01, 2003)
Budgets have been approved for a full feasibility study at the Gahcho Kue (Kennady Lake) diamond project in the Nor…
Diamonds North finds more stones at Blue Ice
Having completed a second season of exploration field work on the Victoria Island diamond projects in the High Arctic region of both Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Diamonds North Resources (DD…
Fipke finds kimberlite in Attawapiskat
While following up on promising overburden kimberlite indicator mineral chemistry with auger-core drilling, Metalex Ventures (MTX-V) and Arctic Star Diamond (ADD-V) encountered kimberlite in the James…