Kikerk find yields stones
A kimberlite discovery at the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slave Craton region of Nunavut has returned a significant number of microdiamonds.Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) unearthed the Potentil…
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Ashton hits apparent kimberlite at Otish
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has intersected what appears to be kimberlite in the first hole of a drilling program in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec.A vertical hole drilled into…
Ashton discovers kimberlite south of Coronation Bay
A decision by Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) to fund its share of drilling on the Kikerk Lake diamond joint-venture project has paid off with the discovery of a new kimberlite body, dubbed Potentill…
Star yields low count
A sub-surface layer of till containing kimberlite float boulders in the Northwest Territories has returned a low diamond count. Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) discovered the layer on the Star joint-v…
Ashton raises $2.6m
Proceeds from a $2.6-million share offering will be used by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) for ongoing diamond exploration at its projects in Quebec, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.The Ri…
Hunt heats up in Quebec
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) is preparing to drill-test several targets this fall at its Otish Mountains joint-venture project in north-central Quebec.Ashton flew a geophysical survey over the Otis…
Ashton tests northern projects
It continues to be business as usual for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T), while Rio Tinto (RTP-N) shops around a 65.9% stake in the diamond explorer.Rio acquired the controlling block in late 2000 thr…
Kimberlite float found at Star
A sub-surface layer of till containing kimberlite float boulders has been uncovered by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) at the Star joint-venture property in the Northwest Territories.The junior diamon…
South Africa examines surface mining
The South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy will host a conference on open-pit and surface mining, slated for Aug. 29, 2002, in Randburg.The conference is accepting abstracts on such topics as …
Majescor options Portage property to BHP
Encouraged by results from till sampling in the Otish Mountains area of central Quebec, BHP Diamonds has struck a deal with Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) to earn up to a 56% interest in the Portage prope…
Majescor chases diamond deposits in northern Quebec
Exploration for a specific mineral will sometimes lead to the discovery of an entirely different commodity, as happened in the mid-1990s, at Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, when two prospectors found a world-…
Mini-bulk sample completed at K252
Encouraged by mini-bulk sample results from kimberlite K252 in north-central Alberta, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) intends to undertake a preliminary economic analysis before proceeding with the co…