Articles by Alisha Hiyate




Drilling at Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project.

Roughing it: A roundup of diamond juniors

Afri-Can Marine Minerals (AFA-V) completed a sampling program last April at the EPL 3403 seabed diamond project off the coast of Namibia. The company recovered 84 diamonds, 15 of which…



Questions, but no answers (yet)

These are interesting times for an industry that is still recovering from the Great Recession. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced in recent months that they’re looking to leave the…






Ground geophysics at Peregrine Diamonds and BHP Billiton's Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, in May. Photo by Peregrine Diamonds

Peregrine preps Chidliak for bulk sampling

The year 2010 would have been tough for Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) to top, even in the best of markets. The company made 34 new kimberlite discoveries at its 49%-owned Chidliak…


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…


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