NUNAVUT – Shear Diamonds of Toronto delivered the first parcel of diamonds from its Jericho diamond project to its marketing partner, Tache Company NV, on May 29, 2012. The parcel contained 11,317.98 ct. Tache has made an interim payment…
NUNAVUT – Toronto-based Shear Diamonds has begun processing high grade concentrate stockpiles at its Jericho diamond mine and reports the recovery of 3,500 ct from 358 tonnes of material in the first 10 days of processing.
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…
Phil Carroll was recently named senior regional engineer for British Columbia and Yukon by Atlantic Industries Ltd. of Mt. Pearl, NL. He will focus on the transportation and mining sectors.
NUNAVUT – Since buying the former Jericho diamond mine in the Kitimeot region in August 2010, Shear Diamonds of Toronto has been re-exploring the property in the hopes of reopening the mine. With a new geological interpretation and 3-D model of…
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Shear Diamonds of Toronto is beginning performance tests in the diamond recovery plant at the closed Jericho diamond mine in anticipation of reopening it. Running stockpiled material through the mill will give the…
NUNAVUT – Edmonton-based Shear Diamonds, that his hoping to reopen the Jericho diamond mine, has signed a mutual co-operation agreement with Nunavut Resources Corp. The NRC is an Inuit-owned corporation dedicated to achieving participation and…
Callinan Mines of Vancouver has hired John J. (J.J.) O’Donnell as its new VP of exploration. A graduate of Brandon University, he has considerable experience in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Greenstone Belt, including the 777 mine belonging to HudBay.
VANCOUVER – Now that development work on Quebec’s first diamond mine, Renard (50% with Soquem) is underway, St…
NUNAVUT – Shear Minerals of Edmonton, AB, has offered a new resource estimate for the former Jericho diamond m…
Mining aficionados know that the best place to find gold is in a gold mine. The old saw holds true for diamond…
NUNAVUT – Shear Minerals (58.14%) of Edmonton and Stornoway Diamond Corp. (41.68%) of Vancouver report that th…