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2011
Ventana 2.0? Ross Beaty invests heavily in CB Gold
Mining magnate Ross Beaty has agreed to invest $11 million in Colombia-focused junior gold explorer CB Gold (CBJ-V) just days after the company announced a major discovery at its main Vetas gold project.
Bralorne hits high-grade gold in BC
Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) has hit high-grade gold at its eponymous mine near Gold Bridge, B.C.
Roxgold raising $11M for West African gold
One of 2011’s success stories, Roxgold (ROG-V) has seen its share price rise from a low of 19.5¢ in February to a high of $1.55 in mid-October on the back of spectacular gold hits from its flagship Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso.
Claude spices up its offer for St. Eugene
Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) has sweetened its all-share bid for St. Eugene Mining (SEM-V).
Fortuna commissions San Jose
What a difference a year makes.
Celebrating 20 years of diamonds at BHP Billiton
The story of EKATI Diamond Mine began in 1981, when geologist Charles Fipke found diamond indicator minerals near Blackwater Lake on the east side of the Mackenzie River in the…
The Point Lake ‘epiphany’: How a single discovery spawned an entire industry
On Nov. 6, 1991, the latest edition of The Northern Miner was on its way to bed when our fax machine spit out one page of seemingly unremarkable news: an…
Pat Sheahan: A diamond-seeker’s best friend
Pat Sheahan has always done things her own way. The diamond researcher and founder of the Sheahan-MDRU literature service — which, in various forms, has been keeping explorers up to…
The birth of an industry
The genesis of Canada’s diamond industry can be pinpointed precisely to twenty years ago this month. That’s when BHP Billiton reported that its partner Dia Met, had found diamonds in…
Canada’s diamond bourse heads east
Eyeing the strong and growing demand for diamonds in China, the Diamond Bourse of Canada (DBC) has set up a permanent liaison office in the Shanghai Diamond Exchange. The DBC’s…
Lucara set for 2012 startup at AK6
Construction activities at Lucara Diamond’s (LUC-T) AK6 diamond mine in Botswana continue largely on track and on budget despite a two-month delay this summer. South African steelworkers striking in July…