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DIAMONDS — Pioneers of Canadian diamond exploration
Charles Fipke and Christopher Jennings have become household names, at least within the mining community. This is hardly surprising, as they played prominent roles in advancing kimberlite finds in the…
Gitennes sizes up Rio Suro gold-silver zone
Gitennes Exploration (GIT-T) has received a preliminary resource estimate for the Rio Suro zone at its Virgen project in north-central Peru.An independent calculation by Roscoe Postle Associates indic…
Prime sets shareholder meeting
At a meeting scheduled for Dec. 1, shareholders of Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) will be asked to approve a bid by Homestake Mining (HM-N) for the 49.4% of the company that it does not already own.Und…
Kennecott finds second pipe
Kennecott Canada is two-for-two so far on the Legend property in northeastern Alberta. The Rio Tinto (RTP-N) subsidiary has intersected its second kimberlite body while drilling the Roc anomaly, the s…
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DIAMONDS — Speculation grows that BHP could sell stake in Ekati
SPECIAL TO THE NORTHERN MINERThe finishing touches were barely in place at the Ekati mine when analysts and fund managers began speculating that Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) might sell its controli…
Focal focuses on Nicaraguan properties
Focal Resources (FCJ-A) has completed a deal with High River Gold (HRG-T) to acquire three exploration properties in Nicaragua.The company now holds 100% interests in the Rio Siquia, Santo Domingo and…
DIAMONDS — Production by Juina Mining delayed in Brazil
A dip in its stock price has prevented Juina Mining (GEMM-O) from raising the necessary financing to begin production at an alluvial diamond concession in southwestern Brazil.The Reno-based junior had…
DIAMONDS — Archon gains piece of Buffer Zone claims in NWT
Archon Minerals (ACS-V) has been given the green light by the Vancouver Stock Exchange to acquire a 31.2% participating interest in the Buffer Zone diamond claims, near the Ekati mine in the Northwest…
DIAMONDS — Trans Hex renews quest for Brazilian diamonds
Trans Hex International (THI-T) is once again searching Brazil’s river systems for alluvial diamonds.The Toronto-based company’s latest venture centres on a 49,000-ha property stretching along 50 km o…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Paternal spring
In the spring of my first year at Central Manitoba Mines, in 1925, I took my eldest boy, Hod, out of school and into the gold camp with me. He was overgrown for his age, not yet 16, and I thought a pe…