Low macro results won’t dissuade Ashton
A small surface sample of kimberlite float and outcrop collected by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) from the promising Artemisia kimberlite pipe discovered last fall on the Kim property in Nunavut has…
Navigator Exploration Corp
Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002, Part 2
The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector to offer recommendations and opinions for the year ahead. In the previous issue, we heard from John Kaiser of …
Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002
The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector for their top picks and opinions for the year ahead. This week we talked with John Kaiser, publisher of the Ka…
Coronation Bay a hot spot for diamond explorers
Although a decade has passed since diamonds were first discovered in Canada, the potential for further discoveries has not yet diminished, as evidenced by the success of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T…
Gren Thomas our Man of the Year in 2001
Perseverance may not always find its reward, but for a mining man and explorationist that knows the North, the development of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is a rich reward for …
December a time for bargains: Boulder Investment
Year-end tax-loss selling may be less of an issue in 2001 than in previous years, but Boulder Investment Partners analyst Dorothy Atkinson still considers December a great month to buy shares in Canad…
Tax-loss selling hampers CDNX
Vancouver — Falling victim to tax-loss selling, Canada’s junior exchange lost ground on heavy volume. The S&P-CDNX composite index closed the week ended Dec. 18 down 21.8 points, or 2.2%, and closed …
Navigator, Chapleau identify tantalum target
Vancouver — Juniors Chapleau Resources (CHL-V) and Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) have discovered a third tantalum drill target at their jointly held Kougarok project in Alaska.The 55-sq.-km property …
FPO Production from Snap Lake project delayed until 2006
A depressed rough diamond market has given De Beers cause to push back production from the Snap Lake underground diamond project in Canada’s Far North until 2006, more than a year longer than was orig…
Western market loses ground
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange posted losses on all indices during the report period ended Aug. 14. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index lost 17.65 points, or 0.6%, to close at 3,080.6…
Drilling a bust at LDG
Drilling by De Beers Canada Exploration on the LDG (formerly Thor) property in the Northwest Territories failed to intersect kimberlite.Three targets were drilled on the basis of till sampling and gro…
Snap Lake underground mine takes shape under De Beers
Snap lake, N.W.T. — The Canadian North comprises a vast region of lakes, rivers, Arctic tundra and, more recently, diamonds. With one mine already established and three others scheduled to come on-st…