Hunter Exploration Group, a private exploration and prospecting firm based in Vancouver, has agreed to sell its minority interest in a couple of promising diamond plays in Nunavut to BHP Billiton (BHP…
Vancouver — The cloak of secrecy under which Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and Stornoway Ventures (SWV-V) acquired more than 5,200 sq. km in Nunavut has proved efficacious: the partners have disco…
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…
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…
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has begun an exploration program on the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slave Craton region of Nunavut.The program will entail collecting a mini-bulk sample from the …
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…
News that the Canadian exploration division of De Beers has tied up more than 28,000 sq. km in prospecting permits across northern Baffin Island could put the spotlight on Twin Mining’s (TWG-T) Jackso…
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 …
The Northair Group’s Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) has acquired, through staking, a 77-sq.-km property in the heart of the Otish Mountains area of Quebec.The La Croix property is 35 km east of Asht…
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…
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…
A new kimberlite camp is emerging some 50-120 km south of Coronation Bay in the northern Slave Craton region of Nunavut. Discoveries by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Kennecott Canada Exploration…
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