Somebody was getting ready for something. Anyone know more?
Listed for $700,000 on Iron Planet. Very nice.
Listed for $700,000 on Iron Planet. Very nice.
This:Somebody was getting ready for something. Anyone know more?
Listed for $700,000 on Iron Planet. Very nice.
They still just little industrial diamonds up at Fort-a-la-Corne? Haven’t really heard anything about it since I lived up in PA years ago and De Beers was sniffing around things 25-30-ish years ago…Seeing Rio Tinto ceded interest in Fort-a-la-Corne in lieu of a 20% holding in Starr Peak. Feasibility studies yet to be completed. Mining still 3 - 5 years away.
Apparently diamonds are not really their thing.
Far better than just industrial...They still just little industrial diamonds up at Fort-a-la-Corne? Haven’t really heard anything about it since I lived up in PA years ago and De Beers was sniffing around things 25-30-ish years ago…
if I recall, they were one to 2 mm generally, and coloured….& they figured they would be valuable for industrial use in lasers, etc but that’s literally more than a quarter of a century ago from the Prince Albert Herald.
Back then it would have been Kensington Resources who sold to Shore Gold who sold to Star Diamond and Rio Tinto. It (Star Kimberlite) is a massive deposit and extremely viable.I am out of date on this is the last time I heard anything it was literally in a print newspaper a quarter of a century or more ago. Time flies.
Last I heard unless I’ve got my wires crossed and this is the one that’s 45 minutes north and east of Prince Albert and they found it in a farmers field (extinct volcano under the soil) by doing over flights with assessment, looking at the difference in plant growth colouring?Back then it would have been Kensington Resources who sold to Shore Gold who sold to Star Diamond and Rio Tinto. It (Star Kimberlite) is a massive deposit and extremely viable.
Last I heard was they were going to clear cut then make methanol from the wood, then removal and sale of the aggregates that make up the overburden leading to an open pit mine.
Pikoo kimberlite is east of LaRonge but found with a good old fashioned magnetometer. No farms up there.Last I heard unless I’ve got my wires crossed and this is the one that’s 45 minutes north and east of Prince Albert and they found it in a farmers field (extinct volcano under the soil) by doing over flights with assessment, looking at the difference in plant growth colouring?
I’ve got my wires crossed. It was De Beers, but I might be thinking of the wrong place…
If recent developments in artificial diamond, and the dog&pony show that is pushing them is to be believed, digging diamonds out of the ground will soon be a thing of the past. The video that we saw claimed that even diamond experts cannot tell the real ones from man made.Seeing Rio Tinto ceded interest in Fort-a-la-Corne in lieu of a 20% holding in Starr Peak. Feasibility studies yet to be completed. Mining still 3 - 5 years away.
Apparently diamonds are not really their thing.
Sigh. "Botanist."I’m pretty sure I’m not off track though, and this Kimberly pipe was found under a farmers field originally by two guys in a Cessna. One was a geologist, and the other was a “plant guy” whatever -ologist that happens to be…& the colouring of the vegetation above this kimberlite pipe, which was totally underground, was slightly different than the colouring of the surrounding vegetation.
Burnt out. End of day, end of week, end of month….mental block.Sigh. "Botanist."
The well water we were told to use for the concrete plant at the Victor diamond processing facility project was so electrically charged we could not keep the water meter calibrated. Switching to a fresh water pit solved the problem.Pikoo kimberlite is east of LaRonge but found with a good old fashioned magnetometer. No farms up there.
Digging them out of the ground is not that hard once you find them and have access. Bigger crusher, smaller crusher, conveyer belts and screens. They use an air blower system to separate the fines at the end.If recent developments in artificial diamond, and the dog&pony show that is pushing them is to be believed, digging diamonds out of the ground will soon be a thing of the past. The video that we saw claimed that even diamond experts cannot tell the real ones from man made.