Diamondex budgets $3-4m for exploration in ’02
Having discovered and developed the Snap Lake diamond project, which De Beers purchased in 2000 for about $480 million, the technical team of Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) is continuing to explore for k…
Winspear Diamonds Inc
King drilling advances in Far North
Vancouver — Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) is stepping up the pace of exploration at its wholly owned King property in the Northwest Territories.The junior is drilling holes 4 and 5 as part of a $2.7-mi…
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…
Diamondex uncovers kimberlite at King
Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) is adding a third rig to its wholly owned King property in the Northwest Territories, where a $2.7-million program is testing a possible downdip extension of the Snap Lake …
Year is capped by Aber’s sale of Snap Lake to De Beers
Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has agreed to sell its 32.24% interest in the promising Snap Lake project to South Africa’s De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) for $173 million.The move came just days after Lo…
Analysts take shine to diversified juniors
At an in-house conference for the retail side of Yorkton Securities, mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger highlighted seven diversified junior exploration companies that they regard as r…
Winspear to launch $12m program at Snap Lake project
Diamond explorer Winspear Resources (WSP-V) is gearing up for a $12-million drilling program designed to advance the NW Snap Lake project in the Northwest Territories.The project is focused on the exp…