Dixon, Perot and Champion Inc. is concluding negotiations to develop a strategic partnership with a mining and exploration company in Argentina. The alliance would then proceed to acquire mining properties in Argentina and potentially China. Dixon, Perot and Champion intend to provide a large capital injection towards the ongoing drilling operations in these countries. The current economic market instability...
Rockwell Diamonds Inc reports on the premiums achieved from the sale of three cut and polished stones through its agreement with the Steinmetz Diamond Group. These stones were recovered from its Makoenskloof project and Wouterspan mine, located in the Middle Orange River area of South Africa. Three exceptional yellow gemstones, manufactured by SDG from rough diamonds produced by Rockwell, have now...
Rockwell Diamonds Inc reports on the recovery of an exceptional 189.6-carat gemstone diamond from its Klipdam mining operation north of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. This large and exceptional gemstone diamond is oval in shape, somewhat flattened and strongly resorbed, and shows features typical of top colour high value Type-2 gemstones. Stones of this quality have previously...
Gemstones can transform the average living space into something truly extraordinary, and serve as an attractive element of any design project. Stone Mart, one of the country’s leading purveyors in exotic stone, granite countertops and marble flooring, continues to be a premier destination for exotic gemstones and unique accents that can be used for several purposes. From partition designs to...
Verena Minerals Corporation announced today that Mr. Ron Stewart, President & CEO of the Company, has accepted an offer from Dundee Securities Ltd. to be a mining analyst at that firm. He has tendered his resignation at Verena and will be joining Dundee on September 1, 2008. “We are very happy for Ron and support his decision to work at Dundee in an area that has always had great appeal...
Dixon, Perot & Champion Inc. is currently conducting its due diligence with the intent of acquiring mining properties in Argentina. The company has been approached by a North American mining and exploration company that is currently involved in mining operations in Argentina and seeking strategic partnerships. Dixon, Perot & Champion will consider the possibility of acquiring the properties...
Verena Minerals Corporation announce that it has contracted IsoAgua Sondagens Especias, a private Brazilian contractor, to complete a 1,500 metre drill program at its’ Conceicao project, Tocantins State Brazil. The project is designed to test the Japones and Santo Amaro targets, which have both been defined by geologic mapping, geophysics and geochemical surveys. The drill has been delivered...
Oxbow Resources, a company that is using innovative geological concepts and exploration technology to discover new gold and silver resources in well-established mineral belts, today announced the appointment of Mr. James Laird as Vice President of Exploration. Mr. Laird, who has an impressive list of precious and base metal deposit discoveries, brings over 30 years of experience as a mineral exploration...
Mechanized mining is steadily depleting gemstones and minerals in Tanzania to the detriment of artisan miners although the government receives mining royalties whose values are never disclosed. A guru in the world of gemstones warns Tanzania over its dependence on mechanized mining because its artisans will become dry within a short time because of the haphazard mechanized mining which also creates...
President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday signed the Mining Bill into law, predicting a new dawn for the country’s mining industry. He said the new mining law was bound to accelerate foreign direct investment in the sector. The President whose speech was read by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Chief Ufot Ekaette at the opening of the mining investment conference in Abuja, said a...