James Avery, a family-owned jewelry retailer based in Kerrville, Texas donated 300 sterling silver Joy of My Heart charms to be given to each adoption made this year through Arrow Child and Family Ministry. The Joy of My Heart charm includes a large heart that embraces a smaller heart, symbolizing a parent’s love for his [...]
Company News
Marlows Call For More Public Awareness On The Spread Of Diamond Simulants
Leading certified diamond specialist Marlows are calling for more to do be done internationally about the spread of the diamond simulate known as Moissanite, after helping out a customer at their store recently who had been duped into buying the Russian-made fakes, according to Marlows.
The customer had entered Marlows recently to match up an earring [...]
Canada
Rio Tinto Instructs GGL Resources Over Diamond Exploration on CH Diamond Project
Rio Tinto Canada Exploration Inc. (formerly, Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc.) has instructed GGL Resources Corp. (TSX-V: GGL) to prepare and implement the 2010 diamond exploration program on the CH Project Area about 250 kilometers north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Ground gravity surveys are scheduled for the later part of this March 2010 to be [...]
Americas
Online Diamond Jewelry Retailer Joins StopBloodDiamonds.org
DanforthDiamond.com, an online diamond jewelry retailer committed to offering conflict-free diamonds, recently joined StopBloodDiamonds.org. Company president Jill Renee said the company decided to join the organization because though they are already in compliance with the Kimberley Process, they wanted to go one step further to assure customers of their commitment to conflict-free diamonds.
“We are in [...]
Company News
De Beers Seeks Full Retraction of African Diamonds Statement on Share Disposal
De Beers says it is seeking a full retraction of the statement by African Diamonds that claimed that De Beers failed to notify the company of a disposal of shares.
“We take our regulatory obligations extremely seriously and confirm that we made the necessary filings in accordance with the relevant regulations. We are seeking a full [...]
Company News
Stellar Diamonds Lists on London’s AIM and Raises GBP5,000,000
SearchGold Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RSG)(FRANKFURT:S1O) has announced the admission of Stellar Diamonds Limited (“Stellar”) to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (“AIM”).
Stellar has 96,581,432 outstanding shares, a market capitalisation of approximately GBP 19 million, and its shares have started trading on AIM under the symbol “STEL” on February 22nd 2010. In addition to [...]
Canada
Stornoway Reports Overall Diamond Recovery of 86.2 CPHT from Notch Sample
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) have announced that processing of the minibulk sample from the Notch kimberlite at the Churchill Diamond Project in Nunavut is complete with an overall diamond recovery of 86.2 carats per hundred tonne (“cpht”). A total of 129 diamonds greater than 1.18 mm were recovered from [...]
Americas
Kate Winslet Wears $2.5 Million Tiffany Yellow Diamond Necklace, Matching Diamond Earrings and Bracelet to Oscars
Academy-award winner Kate Winslet wore a spectacular $2.5 million yellow diamond necklace, along with 10-carat fancy intense yellow diamond drop earrings and yellow diamond bracelets, designed exclusively for her appearance at the 82nd Academy Awards, on March 7, 2010, in Los Angeles.
A masterpiece of craftsmanship and a dazzling statement of glamour, the Art Deco-inspired necklace [...]
Africa
Etruscan Closes $10.5 Million Private Placement for West African Projects
Etruscan Resources Inc. has closed its private placement equity offering of 28,378,378 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.37 per common share for gross proceeds of approximately $10.5 million. The common shares were sold by Raymond James Ltd. as sole agent on a best efforts basis. Endeavour Financial purchased 15,608,108 common shares [...]
Canada
Major Airborne Geophysical Survey Undertaken on U33 Diamond-Gold Project in Quebec
Following very encouraging research results obtained by Dios Exploration, Dios is pleased to announce the new wholly owned diamond-gold U33 exploration project covering more than 500 square kilometers, located east-northeast (up-ice) of DIOS PONTAX diamond project and northeast of the PONTAX lithium discovery. Two main target areas were defined by the 2009 DIOS systematic [...]
Canada
Dianor Resources Enters in $30 Million Line of Credit to Advance Bulk Sampling of Leadbetter Diamond Project
Dianor Resources Inc. (DOR: TSX Venture Exchange) has entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement with Kodiak Capital Group, LLC of New York for a $30 million equity line of credit. Dianor will use the funding from the equity line of credit to advance the bulk sampling of the Leadbetter Diamond Project, Dianor’s flagship project [...]
Americas
Jewelry One of Neiman Marcus’ Strongest Performing Merchandise Categories
Neiman Marcus, Inc. has announced its preliminary company-wide revenues for February 2010, with the jewelry merchandise category in the Specialty Retail Stores segment being one of the strongest performing.
In the four-week February period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, increased 5.1 percent. Revenue growth trends [...]
