Shore finds potential partner in Rio Tinto
As recently as 2012, mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) had been publicly considering exiting the diamond space. But the company, which operates and owns 60% of the…
As recently as 2012, mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) had been publicly considering exiting the diamond space. But the company, which operates and owns 60% of the…
It didn’t take long for Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) to realize that it had a problem with diamond breakage at its newly built Renard mine, 360 km north of Chibougamau,…
A maiden resource for Kennady Diamond’s (TSXV: KDI) Faraday kimberlites has added 5 million carats to the diamond resource at the company’s Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories. The…
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has sold the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona stone recovered from its Karowe mine for US$53 million, or US$47,777 per carat. The sale, made to British jeweller…
The following is a transcript of the remarks made by Stornoway Diamond president and CEO Matt Manson at the Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto on Oct. 23, where he was…
VANCOUVER — Geophysical surveys are frequently used by the mining and exploration industry to detect potential mineral deposits hidden beneath the subsurface. However, the results of geophysical surveys can be…
A privately held group with no experience in diamond mining owned by American industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis R. Washington — who got his start building roads in Alaska — is…
Canada is the fifth-largest diamond producer in the world, according to the Mining Association of Canada. Last year two new diamond mines came into production: Gahcho Kué in the Northwest…
While mid-tier gold and copper miners and developers in Africa have caught much of the attention of investors, there remains a vital contingent of small juniors that are active at…
In late 2016 and early 2017 the diamond market felt the effects of India’s demonetization, which saw 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee bills suddenly removed from the market last November. The move…
KELVIN CAMP, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES — Kennady Diamonds (TSXV: KDI) has already tripled early targets at Kennady North, Canada’s most advanced diamond exploration project — and there’s an eagerness to get…
Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) In February, Alto Ventures began a reverse-circulation drilling program to test several kimberlite targets at the GEFA project, in east-central Saskatchewan. The targets were identified in…
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