Kennecott targets GQ stones (October 29, 2001)
An agreement with Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) sets the stage for Kennecott Canada Exploration to earn a majority interest in the GQ diamond property, near Wawa, Ont.Kennecott, which is a unit of Rio Ti…
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De Beers to test unusual diamond occurrence at Festival
The Canadian exploration division of De Beers Consolidated Mines, now a subsidiary of Anglo American (AAUK-Q), will process a 100-tonne sample from the Cristal showing on the Festival diamond property…
Wawa diamond hunt slow but steady
Fed by initial prospecting successes, the Wawa diamond hunt may have stirred some enthusiasm in its early days, but it now appears to be settling down to slower and more systematic exploration.The are…
Wawa area yields more stones
Diamond exploration in the Wawa area of Ontario has turned up the largest stone yet recovered from one project, while leading to several new discoveries at another.At the GQ property, Band-Ore Resourc…
Resource stocks mixed as broad market coasts
The Toronto Stock Exchange slipped a mild 6.81 points over the May 30-June 5 report period to end the week at 8,258.82.The yellow metal sank US$6.70 to land at a London fix of US$266.95 per oz. on the…
Band-Ore zeros in on Area E
Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has discovered the source of diamondiferous boulders in Area E at its GQ property, near Wawa, Ont.A coarse-grained, xenolith-rich diatreme breccia was discovered within 5 me…
Noranda reworks Lomas Bayas deal with Falco
The biggest news among Canada’s base metal producers over the May 2-8 report period was the revelation by Noranda that it is shuffling off its stake in the proposed purchase of the Lomas Bayas open-pi…
Market unimpressed with US rate cut
In the wake of another cut in U.S. interest rates, investors north of the border knocked 3% off the Toronto broad market during the March 14-20 report period. The sell-off, which suggests that many we…
GQ find yields high micro count for Band-Ore
A new discovery area on Band-Ore Resources’ (BAN-T) GQ property, 20 km west of Wawa, Ont., has returned high microdiamond counts from boulders consisting of diatreme breccia.Four new samples, each wei…
De Beers expands Ontario search
De Beers Canada Exploration has signed an exploration agreement with Spider Resources (SPQ-V) and partner KWG Resources on a piece of ground covering 13,000 sq. km in the James Bay Lowlands of norther…
GQ releases more diamonds
Caustic fusion analysis of the lastest samples from the GQ diamond property, near Wawa, Ont., has yielded more encouraing results for Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T).Last fall, Band-Ore collected 45 sample…
Base metals survive sinking composite index
The Toronto Stock Exchange performed dismally during the report period Feb. 7-13, with the TSE 300 composite index sliding 359.27 points in five trading days and finishing at 8,942.13. The banks and t…