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North Arrow Minerals Inc. May 13 announced it has begun the engineering and cost analysis for a small-scale mobile diamond recovery plant to process bulk samples from its Naujaat project about nine... — Updated 5/24/2019

North Arrow Minerals Inc. is focused on the identification and evaluation of its seven diamond projects in Canada – Naujaat, Mel and Luxx in Nunavut; Lac de Gras and Loki in Northwest Territories;... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

The Washington Companies, a group of privately held North American mining, industrial and transportation businesses founded by industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis Washington, acquired Dominion... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Since investing roughly US$70 million to acquire a 28 percent stake in Novagold Resources Inc. in 2009, American billionaire Thomas Kaplan and his Electrum Group of companies have taken a keen intere... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Explorers seeking new mineral discoveries in the Northwest Territories are expected to spend less in 2018 than the C$90 million they shelled out collectively last year. Natural Resources Canada... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Canada is the world's top destination for mining exploration spending, attracting more than 14 percent of global budgeted expenditures from explorers seeking to tap the country's vast mineral wealth.... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Northwest Territories may fall behind Canada's two other territories in mining activity in the near-future, but projects underway in the northern jurisdiction hold substantial promise for mid- to... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. May 1 said it intends to raise C$10 million through a non-brokered private placement that will include a major strategic investment from Electrum Strategic... — Updated 5/11/2018 Full story

North Arrow Minerals Inc. April 5 announced the discovery of a new kimberlite during a 607-meter drill program carried out this winter at the company's Loki diamond project in the Lac de Gras region... — Updated 4/13/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. March 5 announced the start of 2018 exploration drilling at Loki, a diamond project in the Lac de Gras region of Northwest Territories. Roughly 30 kilometers southwest of th... — Updated 3/16/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Feb. 28 reported the recovery of 64.25 carats of commercial sized (larger than 1 millimeter) diamonds from a 209.8-metric-ton mini-bulk sample collected from the Q1-4... — Updated 3/9/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Jan. 22 reported that it has significantly expanded its Mel property in Nunavut to encompass a new diamond-bearing kimberlite field it discovered last year. During its 2017... — Updated 2/2/2018

With the opening of Gahcho Kué, Northwest Territories is reaping the rewards of past exploration spending across the vast diamond-rich expanse of northern Canada. In fact, the new diamond mine is... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Nunavut is a vast and minerals-rich swath of the Earth's crust and Nunavummiut, or the people who live there, see mining as the foundation of the territory's future. "The mining industry brings... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

North Arrow Minerals Inc. has seven diamond exploration projects in Canada - Naujaat (formerly Qilalugaq), Mel and Luxx in Nunavut; Lac de Gras and Loki in Northwest Territories; Pikoo in... — Updated 1/24/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Sep. 12 announced the completion of the summer drilling and mini-bulk sampling program of the Q1-4 kimberlite at the company's Naujaat diamond project in Nunavut. Q1-4... — Updated 1/11/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. July 24 reported the collection of a 234-metric-ton mini-bulk sample from the Q1-4 kimberlite at its Naujaat (formerly Qilalugaq) diamond project in Nunavut. With the Q1-4 k... — Updated 1/14/2018

Endowed with some of the largest undeveloped mineral belts in the world, investment in public geoscience has shown the potential of Nunavut. The 2 million square kilometers (772,000 square miles) of... — Updated 2/3/2018 Full story

While most mining jurisdictions have seen sharp drops in mineral exploration spending, such investments in Northwest Territories has largely held steady at about C$100 million annually during the... — Updated 2/3/2018 Full story

Athabasca Nuclear Corp. May 2 said it has entered into a binding letter of intent with North Arrow Minerals Inc. to acquire the Torp Lake and Phoenix lithium properties. The Torp Lake project covers... — Updated 5/8/2016