VANCOUVER — Mega-miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) is staring down the barrel of a potentially costly legal battle with a pair of First Nation groups whose traditional Nitassinan territory covers a large part of northeastern Quebec…
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has named the six winners of it annual awards. The recipients will be feted during the annual PDAC convention at an evening gala on March 2, 2015, in Toronto.
Lukas Lundin is bullish on diamonds. The famed mining mogul and chairman of Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) sees rising demand and a lack of new discoveries as underpinning the healthy…
Hard work and perseverance have been paying off for Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) president and CEO Matt Manson. The 48-year-old executive recently saw the start of construction at the Renard…
After going into hibernation in the wake of the Great Recession, diamond juniors are slowly rousing and getting back into the field. Inspired by Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI) success at…
With Gahcho Kué and Renard now officially under construction, I think it’s fair to say that in four years’ time, Canadian diamond production will look significantly different than it does…
Junior explorer turned developer Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY; US-OTC: SWYDF) is building Quebec’s first diamond mine, set to start commercial production in 2017, after having raised $946 million for its Renard diamond project in July.
For years it seemed that juniors were fleeing from diamond exploration — and for good reason.
The fracking boom in North America may have made “peak oil” somewhat of a dated phrase, but could “peak diamonds” take its place as the catchphrase for resource investors?
VANCOUVER — The past few years have been tough on junior miners and those who invest in them.
A roundup of the latest news from Canadian-listed diamond explorers, developers and miners. Afri-Can Marine Minerals Afri-Can Marine Minerals (TSXV: AFA) reported in January the results of a positive prefeasibility study…
Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) announced in April that it had lined up a $944-million financing to build its Renard diamond mine in north-central Quebec. The binding agreement with several different…
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