Birks showcases Victor diamonds
Located in the James Bay lowlands of Ontario, De Beers Canada’s Victor mine is known for known for exceptionally high-quality, high-value diamonds. Although the grade at Victor is only roughly…
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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,…
Jericho purchase marks change in strategy for Shear Minerals
The Northern Miner headline in September 2005 proclaimed the exciting news: Tahera Diamond’s 100%-owned Jericho diamond mine would be Canada’s third diamond mine, and the first in Nunavut. And, indeed…
The competition heats up
Since our last issue of Diamonds in Canada in May, fears that the global economic recovery might be derailed have started to ease. Diamond retailers and miners continued to regain…
TSX bounces around but ends week higher
In an up and down week, the TSX composite managed to rebound to end the Oct. 25-29 report period up at 12,676….
HudBay hikes resource at Back Forty
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) has boosted its resource estimate by more than 100% to about one million ounces of contained gold at its Back Forty project in the volcano-genic massive sulphide (VMS)-hosting …
Blackwater reveals its strength for Richfield
SITE VISIT QUESNEL, B.C. — One hundred and fifty million years ago the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Hazelton Group were laid down in what is now central British…
The Banana grows for Hana
For Hana Mining (HMG-V), 2010 is shaping into a banner year.
Freeport settles with DRC gov’t at Tenke
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government has finally completed its lengthy review of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt project and confirmed that …
Hathor’s superb uranium hits
The latest drill results from Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-V) Roughrider uranium discovery on the Midwest Northeast project in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin are literally off the scale.
Casey Research selects next generation of ‘resource stars’
Independent investment advisory firm Casey Research has published a list of the next generation of men and women to watch in the resource sector who are still under the age of 40.
Political power play over PotashCorp
BHP Billiton’s $40-billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan entered a critical period in late October, as the broadly free market-friendly Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and his government…