2004

Stornoway in eastern Arctic diamond play

Stornoway Diamond (swy-v) reports positive results from a mini-bulk sample collected last fall from the surface exposure of the highly diamondiferous AV-1 kimberlite at the northern end of Melville Peninsula in the eastern Arcti…



AngloGold Ashanti is born

The report period ending April 27 was marked by the long-awaited closing of the merger between AngloGold and Ashanti Goldfields. The new entity, named AngloGold Ashanti, ranks as the world’s…




AV-2 Microdiamond Results

AV-2 AV-2
Surface Drilling
Exposed Both
outcrop phases
Sieve Size #Diam #Diam

Freeport resumes mining higher-grade ores

Accelerated removal of waste in the first quarter has allowed Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (fcx-n) to resume mining higher-grade areas in the Grasberg open-pit mine in Papua, Indonesia.



Ring find in UK delights archeologists

The British Museum has reassembled a heavy gold necklace thought to belong to Queen Boudicca, a Celtic warrior of the Iceni tribe who led a revolt against invading Romans in the Iron Age.


France ends coal mining

The last lump of coal has been mined in France, ending nearly 300 years of an activity that fuelled the industrial revolution.



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