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Investment Commentary — Best bets for 2002, Part 2

The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector to offer recommendations and opinions for the year ahead. In the previous issue, we heard from John Kaiser of …


Tyson Birkett, a representative of Soquem, Brooke Clements, Ashton's vice-president of exploration, and Robert Lucas, project manager of Ashton Quebec, stand near drill core samples from the Otish Mountains.

Coronation Bay a hot spot for diamond explorers

Although a decade has passed since diamonds were first discovered in Canada, the potential for further discoveries has not yet diminished, as evidenced by the success of Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T…


TSE enters new year with a bang

Having lost 14% of its value last year, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index began the slow road to recovery with a gain of 163.11 points, or 2.2%, over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period. The benchmark…


Diamondex gains ground

Randy Turner’s Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) has struck an agreement to acquire a 70% interest in the Peregrine property in Nunavut.Situated in the emerging Coronation Bay kimberlite camp, 520 km north …


Ashton boosts offering to $8m

Higher-than-expected demand for a $3-million brokered flow-through financing priced at a $1.10 per unit has led Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) to raise an additional $1 million under the same terms.A…


Opawica execs beef up holdings

Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) — Denis Simoneau, director, bought 200,000 shares …


Coronation pipes return strong counts

A new kimberlite camp is emerging some 50-120 km south of Coronation Bay in the northern Slave Craton region of Nunavut. Discoveries by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Kennecott Canada Exploration…


Ashton discovers kimberlite south of Coronation Bay

A decision by Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) to fund its share of drilling on the Kikerk Lake diamond joint-venture project has paid off with the discovery of a new kimberlite body, dubbed Potentill…


Aurora Platinum, Platinova print new shares

Recent insider-trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in its OSC Bulletin include the following:- Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) — FMR Corp., which must report its trading act…


Star yields low count

A sub-surface layer of till containing kimberlite float boulders in the Northwest Territories has returned a low diamond count. Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) discovered the layer on the Star joint-v…


Ashton tests northern projects

It continues to be business as usual for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T), while Rio Tinto (RTP-N) shops around a 65.9% stake in the diamond explorer.Rio acquired the controlling block in late 2000 thr…


Kimberlite float found at Star

A sub-surface layer of till containing kimberlite float boulders has been uncovered by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) at the Star joint-venture property in the Northwest Territories.The junior diamon…


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