2016


Gahcho Kué shifts the future of De Beers Canada

With the Gahcho Kué diamond mine more than 90% complete, De Beers Canada and 49% joint-venture partner Mountain Province Diamonds’ (TSX: MPV; NASDAQ: MDM), are on the home stretch towards…



Waldo Perez, a geologist who was part of the team that discovered the Tres Quebrados lithium project. He is founder and CEO of NEO Lithium Corp., a private company he will be taking public. Credit: NEO Lithium Corp.

NEO Lithium hits high-grade

From satellite imagery, Tres Quebrados just looked like an ordinary freshwater lake in northwestern Argentina. But when Waldo Perez stuck his hands into the brownish liquid he discovered something else…


Dynacor Gold Mines' Tumipampa gold-copper project, 500 km southeast of Lima, Peru. Credit: Dynacor Gold Mines.

Dynacor prepares for maiden resource at Tumipampa

Dynacor Gold Mines (TSX: DNG; US-OTC: DNGDF) is preparing to table the first-ever resource calculation at its Tumipampa gold-copper exploration project, 500 km southeast of Lima, Peru. Jean Martineau, Dynacor’s…


Water treatment plant at Stornoway Diamond's Renard mine. Credit: Stornoway Diamond

Stornoway adds three years to mine life at Renard

A new mine plan that incorporates revisions to mineral resource estimates completed in 2013 and 2015 adds three additional years of production to Stornoway Diamond’s (TSX: SWY) Renard project, which…


Diamonds from Peregrine Diamonds' CH-7 kimberlite at its Chidliak project. Credit: Peregrine Diamonds

Rock Hounds

Diamonds in Canada’s annual roundup of Canadian-listed producers, developers and active juniors Alto Ventures Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) has negotiated more time to earn a 60% stake in the GEFA…


Brazil Resources' Whistler project in central Alaska. Credit: Brazil Resources.

Brazil Resources works fast in Alaska

Just one month after releasing its first resource on the Island Mountain gold-copper porphyry at its Whistler project in central Alaska, Brazil Resources (TSXV: BRI; US-OTC: BRIZF) has completed a…



A rough diamond from Dominion Diamond's Ekati mine. Credit: Dominion Diamond

Tough year tests Dominion

It’s been a turbulent year for Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC). 2015 was always expected to be a transitional year for the miner: At its 88.9%-owned Ekati mine, the…


A drill site at Focus Ventures’ 70%-owned Bayovar 12 phosphate property in northern Peru’s Sechura district, 70 km south of the city of Piura.  Credit: Focus Ventures

Focus improves phosphate mine plan at Bayovar

VANCOUVER — Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has updated a prefeasibility study at its Bayovar 12 phosphate property, 70 km south of the city of Piura, Peru. It envisages a a US$168-million development…



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