Rio Tinto buys data system
London-based Rio Tinto is using data access protocol (DAP) technology as a way of managing exploration data.The technology, provided by Toronto-based Geosoft, allows users to transfer large amounts of…
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Broad market sinks on fears of Iraqi quagmire
With the war in Iraq failing to shape up as the cake-walk many were predicting, the S&P-TSX composite index retreated 68.5 points to end the March 17-25 report period at 6,385.Gold performed about as …
Midway sparks Tonopah revival (March 17, 2003)
Vancouver — Drill results from the Midway prospect have intensified interest in exploring for gold in Nevada’s Nye Cty.Midway Gold (MDW-V), previously known as Red Emerald Resource, holds the propert…
Kennecott ups diamond search at Rockinghorse
While Tahera (TAH-T) awaits details of next year’s budget for the Rockinghorse project in the Coronation Gulf diamond district of Nunavut, its joint-venture partner, Kennecott Canada Exploration, is c…
GQ yields more diamonds
Six of seven heterolithic breccia outcrops on Band-Ore Resources’ (BAN-T) GQ property, near Wawa, Ont., have returned diamonds.The best results came from the Rainbow zone, where a 54-kg sample from a …
Summer work in NWT yields new crop of kimberlites
More than a decade after diamonds were first found in Canada’s Far North, new discoveries of kimberlite continue to be reported in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.An autumn drilling program on t…
Junior market hits all-time low
Vancouver — A lack of buyers combined with a wave of sell orders pushed Canada’s junior exchange to record-setting lows over the report period ended Sept. 24. The TSX Venture Exchange composite index…
Knife fight heads to court
Unable to come to terms with the Canadian exploration division of De Beers over the signing of a joint-venture agreement concerning the Knife Lake project in Nunavut, Rhonda (RDM-V) has ended discussi…
Slave Craton district still hot as market awaits results
Although recent exploration by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) in Nunavut resulted in the discovery of two new kimberlites, the market’s focus is chiefly on the Artemisia and Potentilla pipes, from wh…
New bedrock exposures expand Wawa diamond play
Diamond exploration in Ontario has had several false starts since speculation about the origin of gems in glacial drift south of the Great Lakes led explorers to the province more than a century ago.L…
Kennecott comes up empty at Jericho
Kennecott Canada Exploration unsuccessfully tested 20 exploration targets during spring drilling at Tahera’s (TAH-T) wholly owned Jericho diamond project in Nunavut.A number of kimberlite indicator mi…
Kennecott undeterred at Rockinghorse (May 27, 2002)
Spring drilling by Kennecott Canada Exploration on 12 exploration targets at the Rockinghorse joint venture in Nunavut’s emerging Coronation Gulf district failed to intersect any new kimberlites. Howe…