Band-Ore Resources Ltd

Standing on a diamond-bearing dyke on the 1404 property, Dianor President and CEO John Ryder (left) talks diamonds with James Steel, editor of the online newsletter www.MiningInsights.com.

Dianor hunts for James Bay diamonds

Radisson, Que. — Dianor Resources (DOR-V) distinguished itself in 2001 by discovering the first diamond in Quebec’s James Bay region and has been following up on that early success with a methodical …


Pele lures De Beers to Wawa (August 11, 2003)

The Canadian exploration arm of De Beers has entered into an option agreement with Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) at the latter’s 100-sq.-km Festival diamond property, 25 km north of Wa…


Band-Ore tests Thorne anomalies

Drilling by Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has returned more anomalous values from the Thorne gold project near Timmins, Ont.The Burlington-based junior recently sank 12 holes to follow up on an earlier c…


Pele peers into Cristal

Junior Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) has begun drill-testing the Cristal diamond showing at the Festival property, near Wawa, Ont.Earlier this year, Pele recovered a white, 0.72-carat gem-quality di…


Band-Ore finds more gold

A 6-hole drill program by Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) at its Thorne property, west of Timmins, Ont., has found low-grade gold mineralization in previously untested areas south of the Main zone.Two hole…


Iamgold execs cash in options

Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:n Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) — Ian Walton, director, sold 10,000 shares at $1.32 apiece to hold 764,…



Pele hopes Genesis is start of something big

Pele Mountain Resources’ (YPN-V) discovery of a significant diamond population in the Genesis showing at its Festival property near Wawa, Ont., has dramatically increased the potential for an economic…


GQ yields more diamonds

Six of seven heterolithic breccia outcrops on Band-Ore Resources’ (BAN-T) GQ property, near Wawa, Ont., have returned diamonds.The best results came from the Rainbow zone, where a 54-kg sample from a …


New bedrock exposures expand Wawa diamond play

Diamond exploration in Ontario has had several false starts since speculation about the origin of gems in glacial drift south of the Great Lakes led explorers to the province more than a century ago.L…


Diamond potential near Wawa lures big guns

An unusual diamond occurrence near Wawa in northern Ontario is attracting the attention of De Beers and Kennecott Canada Exploration.A package of unassuming Archean alkaline metavolcanic rocks is yiel…


Diamond find at Festival proves low grade

The largest diamond recovered from a 100-tonne test sample of the Cristal showing on the Festival diamond property held near Wawa, Ont., weighed just 0.18 carat.Property owner Pele Mountain Resources …


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