Exchange follows major bourses upward
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its slow but steady climb into bull territory during the report period ended May 27. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index added 5.4 points, or 0…
Shore Gold Inc
PEOPLE (April 14, 2003)
Phelps Dodge — Jon Madonna appointed to board of directors.QGX — Paul Zweng appointed chief operating officer. Surf’s up!Seabridge — Eliseo Gonzalez-Urien appointed senior technical ad…
People (April 07, 2003)
Diavik Diamond Mines — President and CEO Philip du Toit resigns.GoldSpring — John F. Cook appointed president; Les Cahan appointed treasurer.Magnum d’Or — Reno Calabrigo appointed pres…
Alamos exec stocks up
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:q Alamos Minerals (AAS-V) — Chester Millar, director, bought 109,500 shares at 44-50 apiece to…
Dummett killed in road accident
Geologist Hugo T. Dummett, whose knowledge of diamond exploration made BHP Billiton (BHP-N) a major force in world diamond mining, has died. He was 62.Dummett was killed in a single-car accident on a …
PEOPLE (June 24, 2002)
Aurado — Roland Khalife, Raja Shaffu and Elie Soueiden appointed directors; David Robinson appointed CEO, Ian Baron appointed COO; Kamal Tamraz appointed CFO.Aurora — Daniel Innes appointed presiden…
Fort la Corne play takes shape
Saskatchewan is the Rodney Dangerfield of diamond plays: it gets no respect.After a decade of lethargic exploration and mundane results, which were eclipsed by the more exciting discoveries in the Lac…
TSE Short Positions (May 13, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at April 30, 2002Larger individual positions includeAber Diamond 199,497 up 84,400; Agnico-Eagle 5,018,413 up 74,478; Amarc 228,500 up 102,000; Ashton…
CDNX moves into spring on bullish note
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued to gain momentum over the holiday-shortened report period ended April 2. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index jumped 20.65 points, or 1.7%, to clo…
Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 15, 2001)
Junior Shore Gold (SGF-V) has recovered more stones from its Star kimberlite project, 60 km east of Prince Albert, Sask.A total of 63 macrodiamonds and 166 microdiamonds (here defined as being less th…
Hunters busy at Fort la Corne
Vancouver — Three large-diameter (24-inch) reverse circulation drill holes have been completed to date on the kimberlite body dubbed 141 at the Fort la Corne joint-venture diamond project in northe…
Shore resumes work at Star
Junior Shore Gold (SGF-V) has resumed drilling on its wholly owned Star kimberlite property, 60 km east of Prince Albert, Sask.The 7-hole program is designed to increase the level of confidence in the…