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As the domestic diamond scene matures, more and more Canadian juniors are moving offshore. One of the most popular hunting grounds is Africa, which for most of this century has supplied the vast major…

The “NWT Diamonds” project has come a long way since Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson began looking for diamonds in North America in the early 1980s. At the outset, many regarded the initiative as do…

As the persistent pace of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories testifies, the race for placing the first Canadian diamond mine into production is far from over. Still greater evidence is t…

A second phase of drilling has been completed on the Choco-6 property in Venezuela’s El Callao district. Gold Vessel Resources (VSE) is earning a half interest in the property from a private Venezuela…

Malcolm Slack appointed director.

James Tilsley appointed director.

Three Alberta-listed juniors have agreed to sell Deak Resources (TSE) a 49% interest in all their mineral assets within a 100-mile radius of Deak’s Kerr mine site in Virginiatown, Ont. The value of th…

Ross Blusson appointed director.

For many Americans, Latin America is still an economic backwater plagued by widespread poverty, runaway inflation and huge public debt. Yet to a large extent this image is out of step with reality. Am…

Vancouver-based Crystallex International (VSE) reported the commencement this month of gold production at its Albino open-pit mine in Venezuela. Albino is Crystallex’s first producing property. Output…

Almost half of Venezuela is underlain by a mineral-rich, unglaciated, Precambrian-aged craton known as the Guiana Shield. This geological entity is analogous to the Canadian Shield and, until recently…

A new silver zone, known as the Loma Hierro prospect, has been discovered by Holmer Gold Mines (ASE) on its Dora Francisco project 30 km west of the city of Pinar del Rio in western Cuba. Trenching an…