Metals melt as greenback catches fire
A strengthening greenback and higher interest rates south of the border sent gold down another US$7.55 to an afternoon close of US$425.16 per oz. in London on March 24 (London markets remained closed…
Ashton Mining of Canada Inc
Lynx sampling turns up large stones
A bulk sample of surface boulder material from the Lynx kimberlite occurrence in north-central Quebec has yielded t…
3.3-carat diamond pulled from Renard 9
Miners push TSX to almost 10,000 pts.
Gold surged late in the March 2-8 report period, to end US$3.80 higher at US$437.25 per oz. That helped the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index rebound to the tune of 8.87 points to finish at 214.29 p…
Renard 2 shows promising grade
With the latest batch of bulk-sample results in hand for Renard 2,
Renard 3 delivers strong results
New Renard 2 sampling returns more diamonds
Mineralogical work on more samples from the Renard 2 kimberlite in northern Quebec has returned 146 carats of diamo…
Ashton gets good grades out of Renard 3
A large-volume drill sample from the Renard 3 kimberlite pipe in north-central Quebec has returned a high diamond g…
Ashton, Soquem await final results at Renard
Although results are still pending for more than half of a 635-tonne bulk sample collected from a core area of the Renard kimberlite cluster in north-central Quebec, it would appear that the lack of big-carat stones, combined with a growing percen…
Ashton, Soquem prove up Renard cluster at Foxtrot property
Camp Lagopede, Foxtrot, Que. — It has long been speculated that those diamonds that have surfaced randomly and unexpectantly in the last couple of centuries across portions of the U.S., at the southern margins of glaciation, must have had their s…
Falling metals weigh on miners
Sagging metal prices sent the mining indices south during the holiday-shortened Sept. 1-7 report period. The gold index shed 3.26 points to end at 220.52, as the yellow metal lost US$9.55 per oz. to finish at US$398.10 in the afternoon in London o…
Ashton slides on Renard 65 results
Shares in Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) were off 13, or about 10%, at $1.15 in mid-afternoon trading in Toronto…