UPDATE:Something glitters in southern Siberia
Paul Sobie has spent a good amount of time looking at diamond projects. Now hes in a position to run one. The …
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Blimpin’ your ride
Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…
India: the Sleeping Giant
You might say Charles Devenish is a patient man. The Australian entrepreneur has been waiting for more than a decade for permission to start mining projects in India. He has applications for permits o…
Getting in Early: Pebble Creek Mining
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) of Vancouver is banking on becoming the first foreign company and the first private-sector company to start up a new precious and base metals mine in India in more than fif…
Editorial: Good news coming for Crystallex?
We’ve almost become accustomed to earth-shaking news in the mining sector popping up on our monitors every few days, so the busy but unspectacular week ended June 16, the twenty-fourth trading week of…
Gahcho Ku Drilling Buoys Confidence
Vancouver — Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and De Beers Canada have wrapped up winter drilling on the Tuzo kimberlite pipe at the Gahcho Ku diamond property, located about 300 km northeas…
GGL finds nickel during diamond hunt
Vancouver — Sounding somewhat reminiscent of Diamond Fields’ mid-1990s Voisey’s Bay nickel discovery in Labrador, GGL Diamond (GGL-V, GGDMF-O) has come across nickel mineralization during the course …
Federal budget gives miners goodies but no tax cuts
The tabling of Canada’s new federal budget on March 19 was the number one event affecting Canada’s miners during the week ended March 23 — the twelfth trading week of 2007.
Editors picks: top stories of the week
No commodity has more questions marks around it right now than uranium, with its very tight supply and continued pr…
De Beers uncovers Botswana’s riches
With deep pockets and unmatched experience in Botswana, De Beers is pushing ahead on its evaluation of the promising AK-6 kimberlite pipe, one of 31 known kimberlites covered by the Boteti project, a …
Shore wishes upon a Star
Long perceived as consisting of little more than low-grade, highly complex, geological oddities, the Fort la Corne kimberlite field in north-central Saskatchewan is now known to host one of the most…
Teck puts $30M into Tahera
Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) plans to invest $30 million in Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) through a private-placement that would give the major a 16% stake in Canada’s newest diamond m…