Stornoway Diamond Corporation

Diamonds from Ashton Mining of Canada's largest project, a joint venture with Quebec-owned Soquem, the Foxtrot property in northern Quebec. At Foxtrot, Ashton has outlined the nine Renard kimberlite bodies with diamond grades estimated at 0.08 to 1.24 carats per tonne. Ashton is running a $29-million exploration program there this year.

Stornoway bids for Ashton, Contact

Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) is offering to take over two other diamond explorers to create a $200-million company, and has lined up agreements with controlling shareholders that make the deal look likel…


Ashton declines politely

The board of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has come out swinging at bidder Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T), calling Sto…



STORNOWAY DIAMONDA drill platform at Stornoway Diamond's Aviat project in eastern Nunavut, where the company plans to focus the lion's share of its exploration dollars in 2006.

Arctic diamond hunt heads east

Vancouver — With most of the best prospects in the Lac de Gras diamond camp already in senior company hands, Canadian diamond exploration companies have shifted their focus to less explored areas con…


Motapa targets southern African diamonds

Vancouver — With a well-pedigreed board, Motapa Diamonds (MTP-V, MOPDF-O) has taken up the diamond hunt in southern Africa, focusing on emerging kimberlite provinces within relativ…


Miners rebound for Christmas

The TSX Composite Index ended the holiday-shortened Dec. 20-23 report period with a 91.09-point rise to a near-record high of 11,245.37 points. TSX gold miners enjoyed some holiday buying, with the gr…


Stornoway Diamond president and CEO Eira Thomas (right) prepares core for transport from the Aviat diamond property on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut.

High-interest source eludes Churchill JV

Despite discovering 17 new kimberlite bodies during the 2005 spring and summer drilling campaign at the Churchill project in eastern Nunavut, disappointing microdiamond results illustrate the fact tha…







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