The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Mining Association of Canada(MAC) today issued the following statement in response to the defeat of Bill C-300, a private member’s bill entitled An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries in the House of Commons: “Canada’s mining [...]

Diamond Fields International Ltd. (DFI:TSX) (“DFI” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that on October 8, 2010 the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) conditionally accepted a private placement of 7,234,461 Units for gross proceeds of Cdn$1,229,858. Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one-half transferable share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the [...]

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. has announced the results of an independent feasibility study dated October 15, 2010, on the Gahcho Kue diamond project located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. JDS Energy and Mining Inc. (“JDS”) led and prepared the feasibility study, which has been presented to the Gahcho Kue Joint Venture (JV) between Mountain Province (49%) [...]

Birks, Canada’s leading jeweller, today announced that it has donated $95,000 to Plan Canada, Olympic medalist and BIRKS Brand Ambassador Jenn Heil’s charity of choice. The amount was raised at an event held in Birks’ Montreal store last September 30th in the presence of 350 guests from the business, fashion and entertainment community. The funds [...]

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has issued the following statement regarding media reports on the Canadian exploration and mining industry: “In August 2009 the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) commissioned the Canadian Centre for the Study of Resource Conflict to conduct an internal study on the public’s perception of the [...]

Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (“Rockwell” or the “Company”) (TSX:RDI; JSE:RDI, OTCBB:RDIAF) announces financial results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2010. Currency values are presented in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Rockwell is engaged in alluvial diamond production with focus on the mining and development of alluvial diamond deposits that yield high value [...]

Diamonds North Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: DDN) announces it has completed a 25 tonne bulk sample of the Beluga-3 kimberlite, located on its 100% owned Amaruk project in Nunavut. Approximately 50% of the sample is at the Saskatchewan Research Council Laboratory awaiting processing. The remaining portion of the sample is in transport to the lab. Processing [...]

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to report the completion of the fall exploration drilling program at the Renard Diamond Project in North Central Quebec. The Renard Diamond Project is a 50:50 joint venture with DIAQUEM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SOQUEM INC. The fall program reported today was a continuation of a step-out program of [...]