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UH geologist says future searchers should focus on particular areasWhile prospectors and geologists have been successful in finding diamonds through diligent searching, one University of Houston professor and his team's work could help improve the odds by focusing future searches in particular areas.Kevin Burke, professor of geology and tectonics at UH, and his fellow researchers describe these findings in a paper titled "Diamonds Sampled by Plumes from the Core-Mantle Boundary,"...

Expansion of Three Kimberlite Pipes at depth TSX: SWY VANCOUVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to report the completion of a winter drill program at the Renard Diamond Project in North Central Quebec. The Renard Diamond Project, which includes the Renard kimberlite pipes and the Lynx-Hibou system of kimberlite dykes, is a 50:50 joint venture with SOQUEM INC. ("SOQUEM"). The drill program comprised geological, geotechnical and...

TSX-V: MNV OTC: MXVDF Frankfurt: M2Q BRAZZAVILLE, ROC Congo, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mexivada Mining Corp. has resumed exploration at its Ngouaka lode and alluvial gold-diamonds target area and at its Lepandza diamond area, under the direction and supervision of Prof. Dr. Noel Watha Ndoudy of Brazzaville. Both areas are on Mexivada's 100% controlled Malambani Permis des Recherches exclusive concessions near our modern field office at Mayoko. Both areas lie within the...

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Harp Sangha, CEO/President of Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. (DLKM-OTCBB/Franfurt-D60.F www.douglaslakeminerals.com) announces that preliminary gemological results have confirmed the presence of diamondiferous alluvial gravels from the company's Magembe diamond property in the Shinyanga District of northwestern Tanzania. The exploration at Magembe is being conducted under the terms of an option agreement with Canaco Resources whereby...

DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: ADK), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, announced today the signing of an agreement with Diamond Frank Inc, a Canadian mining exploration company, optioning 100% interest in its K6 project situated in the Otish Mountains. Diamond Frank will pay exploration fees to DIAGNOS, a cash amount of $105,000 CDN for services and the right to use targets that are produced by...

Writethru: De Beers sells off mine shares in Tanzania - press DAR ES SALAAM, Sept.10 (Xinhua) -- The Petra Diamonds Limited has reached a deal with De Beers to get the ownership of a diamond mine in northwestern Tanzania. Local English broadsheet The Guardian on Wednesday quoted a statement from the company as saying the deal would be completed mid- next month at a price of 10 million U.S. dollars. The diamond mine is located at Mwadui and is a joint venture between the Williamson...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 10, 2008) - Darnley Bay Resources Limited ("Company")(TSX VENTURE:DBL) is pleased to announce that Diadem Resources Ltd. ("Diadem") has provided the Company with the report from the April 2008 ground magnetic surveys undertaken over several kimberlite pipe targets on the Parry Peninsula, as part of its earn-in obligations towards the 50/50 diamond exploration joint venture initiated in 2003. The ground surveys confirm that several high priority targets...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 9, 2008) - Brian Kiernan, President and CEO of Moydow Mines International Inc. ("Moydow" or "the Company") (TSX:MOY)(AIM:MOY) today announced that Moydow has intersected another kimberlite on the Dala licence in Angola. This new discovery is in addition to the three kimberlites already identified at Dala, bringing the total number so far discovered to four. So far, a total of eleven anomalies have been drilled at the Dala Project, and of these, six were...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. (TSX:VAA) today provided an update on the Company's activities with respect to the ongoing development of its Brauna kimberlites, operations at the Duas Barras and Chapada Mines and the acquisition of RST Recursos Mineracao Ltda. Brauna Kimberlite Project Management believes, based on results to date, that the Brauna project has the potential to be South America's first kimberlite diamond mine. Vaaldiam's 100% owned...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Brian Kiernan, President and CEO of Moydow Mines International Inc. ("Moydow" or "the Company") (TSX:MOY)(AIM:MOY) today announced that Moydow has identified two more kimberlitic bodies at the Dala Diamond Project in Angola, in addition to the one announced on June 16, 2008. The two new kimberlites were identified on two separate anomalies, G34 and G35 which have recently been drilled as part of the current drilling program at the Dala Project....