Ashton Mining of Canada Inc

CDNX shows bullish momentum

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued to move into positive territory as juniors and majors alike schmoozed at this year’s PDAC convention in Toronto. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite in…


Ashton defines Buffalo Hills deposit

Delineation drilling by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) at the Buffalo Hills project in Alberta indicates that the prospective K252 kimberlite is irregularly shaped and smaller than first thought.Asht…


Diamond hunt ignites Nunavut

The year 2001 presented some ups and downs for Nunavut’s mining industry, the most prominent being mine-closure announcements and a possible diamond rush.Last year, the Lupin gold mine, in the Northwe…


Low macro results won’t dissuade Ashton

A small surface sample of kimberlite float and outcrop collected by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) from the promising Artemisia kimberlite pipe discovered last fall on the Kim property in Nunavut has…


Diamondex explores Slave

Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) has put aside $1.2 million to explore the newly acquired Peregrine property in the north Slave Craton of Nunavut.Diamondex was among the first of about 30 companies to acqu…



Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002, Part 2

The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector to offer recommendations and opinions for the year ahead. In the previous issue, we heard from John Kaiser of …


Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002

The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector for their top picks and opinions for the year ahead. This week we talked with John Kaiser, publisher of the Ka…


Junior stakes Otish property

The Northair Group’s Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) has acquired, through staking, a 77-sq.-km property in the heart of the Otish Mountains area of Quebec.The La Croix property is 35 km east of Asht…


CDNX continues bull run (January 14, 2002)

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its bull run during the week ended Jan 8. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite index jumped 47.75 points, or 4.6%, and closed at 1,084.34.Donner Mineral…


Majescor raises funds to explore in Quebec

With diamond fever gripping Quebec, Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) has raised $900,000 from two private placements brokered by Dundee Securities.The private placements grossed $500,000 from the sale of 83…


Tyson Birkett, a representative of Soquem, Brooke Clements, Ashton's vice-president of exploration, and Robert Lucas, project manager of Ashton Quebec, stand near drill core samples from the Otish Mountains.

Coronation Bay a hot spot for diamond explorers

Although a decade has passed since diamonds were first discovered in Canada, the potential for further discoveries has not yet diminished, as evidenced by the success of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T…


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