Nova Royalty has completed its previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of nine royalties from Transition Metals, headed by a 1% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the Janice Lake copper-silver project in Saskatchewan currently being advanced by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada…
QUEBEC – Toronto-based Eastmain Resources, operator of the Eleonore South joint venture in the Eeyou Istchee region, has released results from 26 diamond drill holes completed in fall 2018 and winter 2019 programs. Eleonore South is a three-way joint venture…
SASKATCHEWAN – Star Diamond Corp. of Saskatoon says that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada has completed five of the 10 bulk sample trench cutter holes at the Star-Orion South diamond project near Fort a la Corne. Rio Tinto has an option…
SASKATCHEWAN – For the first time a trench cutter sampling system is being used to take a bulk sample of a Canadian kimberlite. Such equipment is normally used in specialist foundation engineering, rather than mineral exploration. The rig cut a…
SASKATCHEWAN – The Star-Orion South diamond project 60 km east of Prince Albert is moving toward the bulk sampling stage. Owner Star Diamond Corp. says that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada – holder of an option to earn a 60% interest…
SASKATCHEWAN – A joint venture company has been formed between Australian miner Rio Tinto and North Atlantic Potash, a subsidiary of Acron Group, in Saskatoon, SK. The two have been co-operating since 2011 on leases they jointly hold.
The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Vancouver-based PLACER DOME has approved development of the Pueblo Viejo gold mine to begin wh…
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver-based PEREGRINE DIAMONDS may be poised to become a major player in Canadian diamo…
How do you dispose of a worked out open pit? It turns out you don’t. Instead you use it for disposal of household t…
NUNAVUT Toronto-based TWIN MINING CORP. and KENNECOTT CANADA EXPLORATION of Vancouver have signed a letter of int…
The Canadian diamond industry is hot, hot, hot these days. With two mines (Ekati and Diavik) up and running and wit…