Noront’s poor performance presents buying opportunity - analyst

TSX-V-listed Noront Resources, which has projects in Canada’s Ring of Fire region, has seen its share price plummet by 50% over the past year, in an environment of higher commodity prices and bigger risk appetites from investors, leading an...

Could Peregrine's Chidliak diamond find be the next Ekati?

Vancouver-based Peregrine Diamonds has been making waves in what has become a more-or-less stagnant pool of Canadian diamond explorers, with announcements that it has found not one, but two outcropping kimberlites at its Chidliak prospect, in...

Peregrine reports Canada diamond find

Canadian explorer Peregrine Diamonds has confirmed the presence of diamonds at its Chidliak property, in Canada's Nunavut Territory, the company said on Monday. The firm discovered the CH-1 kimberlite on the property in July, and two surface...

'Proudly Canadian' tack could help De Beers cash in on new mines - expert

Diamond giant De Beers could extract the best value from its newly-opened Snap Lake and Victor mines, in Canada, by moving downstream and marketing the high-value stones produced at the mines as specifically Canadian-sourced gems through luxury...

Canadian diamond explorers need 'blockbuster' discovery to recapture market's attention

Despite reasonably robust levels of activity in Canadian diamond exploration, the market has “completely lost interest” in the sector, says independent analyst and editor and publisher of the well-respected Kaiser Bottom-Fishing Online, John...

Israeli diamond group makes offer for Ekati mine

An Israeli diamond consortium made an unsolicited offer for BHP Billiton's Ekati diamond mine yesterday, but the world's biggest mining group said the lucrative operation in Canada's North was not for sale.