QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has successfully completed public hearings on the Renard diamond project held by the Review Committee established under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. The hearings were held in…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal is preparing to take a 5,000-tonne bulk sample at the R65 kimberlite pipe, at the Renard diamond development project in north-central Quebec. The company hopes to convert its inferred resource…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has studied the feasibility of building a 161-kV power line to supply grid power to the Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains. According to the study prepared by Hydro-Quebec, the…
NUNAVUT – Montreal-based Stornoway Diamond Corp. says the initial resource estimate for the Qilalugaq project suggests the kimberlite contains 26.1 million carats. The project, on the Rae Isthmus which connects the Melville Peninsula to…
QUEBEC – With commercial production from its Renard diamond project slated for the last half of 2015, Vancouver’s Stornoway Diamond Corp. is consolidating its head office activities in Montreal. The exploration team will, however,…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver has announced it will spend $28.4 million at its wholly owned Renard diamond project for pre-development activities. The company’s board approved a $28.4-million budget to cover detailed…
First, the Oppenheimer family sold its remaining interest in De Beers to partner Anglo American. De Beers Canada owns and operates the Snap Lake diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and the Victor mine in Ontario. It is a partner with…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. has entered into an impacts and benefits agreement for the Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains. The “Mecheshoo Agreement” was signed with the Cree Nation of Mistissini and the Grand…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver reports that two successful open houses were recently held in the communities of Chibougamau and Mistissini for the purposes of presenting the findings of the environmental and social impact…
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver is readying its Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains for the start of production in 2015, and excitement is building around Quebec’s first diamond mine.
QUEBEC – The results of the feasibility study for the Renard diamond project in the north central part of the province are positive, according to owner Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver. The probable reserve is 18 million ct in 23 million…
Renard has the potential to yield some of the biggest and most valuable diamonds Canada has ever produced.