Shear Diamonds Ltd
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DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT: Shear updates Jericho operation
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…
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MINERAL PROCESSING: Shear recovers diamonds from Jericho concentrate stockpiles
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.
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PERSPECTIVE: Is there something wrong with diamonds?
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…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Atlantic Industries, Chieftain Metals, Creso Exploration, Cummins Westport, NWT and Nunavut Chamber, Pebble, and Rainy River
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.
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DIAMOND EXPLORATION: New model, more diamonds from Jericho project
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…
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DIAMOND EXPLORATION: Shear takes Jericho step closer to reopening
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…
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CSR: Shear Diamonds signs accord with Nunavut Resources
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…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Callinan Mines, Golden Predator, Midas Gold, North American Tungsten, Shear Diamonds and Treasury Metals
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.
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DIAMOND EXPLORATION: Stornoway recommits to grassroots activity
VANCOUVER – Now that development work on Quebec’s first diamond mine, Renard (50% with Soquem) is underway, St…
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DIAMOND RESOURCES: New numbers for Jericho mine
NUNAVUT – Shear Minerals of Edmonton, AB, has offered a new resource estimate for the former Jericho diamond m…
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PERSPECTIVE: Where there’s new life possible for old mines
Mining aficionados know that the best place to find gold is in a gold mine. The old saw holds true for diamond…
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DIAMOND EXPLORATION: Sample from Churchill project returns 86.2 cpht
NUNAVUT – Shear Minerals (58.14%) of Edmonton and Stornoway Diamond Corp. (41.68%) of Vancouver report that th…