BHP looks to exit diamond business
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) is considering leaving the diamonds business, because it may no longer fit its modus operandi of owning only “large, long-life, upstream and expandable assets.”
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd
BHP may sell its diamond assets
BHP Billiton (bhp-n, blt-l) is considering leaving its diamonds business as it may no longer fit its modus operandi of boasting “large, long-life, upstream and expandable assets.”
Peregrine Metals’ shares spike on acquisition news
Peregrine Metals (pgm-t) saw its shares surge more than 250% after U.S. platinum giant Stillwater Mining (swc-n) agreed to pay US$487.1 million for the junior and its large, yet undeveloped copper-gold project in Argentina.
On the diamond trail
Afri-Can Marine Minerals
Chidliak flaunts four new kimberlite discoveries
During this year’s $17.7-million diamond exploration program at the Chidliak project in Nunavut, joint-venture partners Peregrine (PGD-T) and BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) found four new kimberlites: CH-52, CH-53, CH-54 and CH-55.
Peregrine and BHP gear-up to resume exploration at Chidliak
While final details of this year’s upcoming diamond exploration program are still being worked out by joint-venture partners Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) and BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the 2011 program at Chidliak will be similar in scope to…
Chidliak’s results compare favourably to Diavik
While it’s still early days at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) Baffin Island Chidliak diamond project, mini-bulk sample results from the promising CH-6 kimberlite compare well to the kimberlite pipes bein…
Diamond results from Chidliak compare favourably to Diavik
While it’s still early days at Peregrine Diamonds’ (pgd-t) Baffin Island Chidliak diamond project, mini-bulk sample results from the promising CH-6 kimberlite compare well to the kimberlite pipes being mined in similar Arctic conditions at the…
Another new kimberlite discovery at Chidliak shows promising potential
The Chidliak diamond project on Baffin Island in Canada’s Far North continues to demonstrate tremendous potential with the release of a new batch of microdiamond results. The latest results show the CH-44 kimberlite has a very promising coarse…
Peregrine’s Chidliak delivers the goods (November 23, 2010)
Highly anticipated mini-bulk sample results from Peregrine Diamonds’ (pgd-t) Baffin Island Chidliak diamond project didn’t disappoint. The CH-7 mini-bulk sample shows a grade of 1-carat-per-tonne and a population of gem-quality diamonds, 15 of…
Peregrine recovers 1.15-carat diamond from new Baffin Island discovery
One of the new kimberlites Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) discovered this summer at the Chidliak project in Canada…
Peregrine’s quantum leap at Chidliak
IQALUIT —There don’t seem to be many places at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) 49%-owned Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, 120 km northeast of Iqaluit, that are sheltered from the arctic wind,…