Stornoway reports strong microdiamond count
Summer drilling on the AV-1 kimberlite showing on the Melville Peninsula in eastern Nunavut has returned highly significant microdiamond counts showing good potential for larger, commercial-size stone…
Navigator Exploration Corp
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…
New diamond plays come into view in northern Canada
The diamond hunt is exploding with new kimberlite discoveries beyond the Slave Craton in Canada’s Far North. Recent discoveries are reported near Rankin Inlet and on the Melville Peninsula in eastern …
Bullion bearish on junior market
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange felt the impact of a falling bullion price during the report period that ended March 11, with investors electing to unload gold explorers. The S&P-TSX Venture Exc…
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…
Junior golds rally as year draws to a close
Junior gold explorers continued to drive Canada’s junior exchange higher. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index gained 41.8 points. or 4.1% of its value, to close at 1,052.29.Shares in Coral Go…
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…
Navigator comes up empty
Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) is disappointed by results from a short drilling program designed to test five high-priority geophysical pipe-like targets on the Crystal property in the Northwest Territ…
Canabrava, Navigator drill Kat
Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) and Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) have returned to the Attawapiskat area of northern Ontario to drill-test a kimberlite target on their joint venture Kat project.The target s…
Dia Bras starts Banankoro diamond search
A small private placement is funding Dia Bras Exploration’s (DIB-V) search for diamonds in Guinea.The Montreal-based junior acquired the right to earn a 60% interest in the Banankoro permit, which cov…
CDNX moves moderately higher
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange managed to post a modest gain over the week ended March 26. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index added 6.47 points, or 0.5%, to close at 1164.77.After more …
De Beers sees Canada as top priority
De Beers has allocated more than half its 2002 global exploration budget to The Great White North, and that, when combined with planned expenditures on the Snap Lake and Victor diamond projects, means…