De Beers shines light on budding jewellery designers

Diamond giant De Beers will this year conduct its bi-annual Shining Light Awards jewellery design competition. De Beers beneficiation manager Kagiso Fredericks told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview they set aside 4.5 carats...

22 july 2024

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club mulls diamond safari tours in southern Africa

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club (DDC) is set to organise diamond safari tours in southern Africa, home to major diamond-producing countries. DDC founder Agnes Abdulahu told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the launch of the first diamond safari...

15 july 2024

Vladislav Zhdanov: Questions of efficiency and investment potential of diamond mining versus diamond growing pique keen interest

Vladislav Zhdanov is Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He told Rough&Polished about new researches into the effectiveness of diamond production methods.

02 july 2024

Why it's expensive to cut and polish diamonds in Africa? ADMA president António Oliveira has the answer

The African Diamond Manufacturers Association (ADMA) president António Oliveira told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that the lack of a robust infrastructure in Africa fails to accelerate and encourage manufacturing...

24 june 2024

Edahn Golan: IPO feasible but not Anglo’s preferred way to sell De Beers

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that while an IPO of De Beers is “feasible,"  he does not think this is a route Anglo American...

17 june 2024

Palladium One acquires additional property at Tyko nickel and copper field in Canada

12 september 2023

Palladium One Mining, a Canadian junior mineral exploration and development company, has expanded its Tyko nickel and copper district holdings with the acquisition of the highly prospective Tyko II property in Ontario, Canada.

The Tyko II property was acquired through a combination of staking (47 claims, totalling 994 ha) and claim purchases (307 claims, totalling 7 627 ha) from local prospectors.

"This property expansion bolsters the Company’s nickel – copper strategy in a premiere mining jurisdiction and specifically in a highly prospective, relatively unexplored region, where it now controls 38,130 hectares," said Derrick Weyrauch, President and CEO of the company. "Having completed the majority of the planned 2023 prospecting, mapping and soil sampling program, the company is on track to begin drill testing new and existing targets in mid-October."

The company said that existing exploration drill permits and a network of logging roads allow for near term drilling.

"With $14.5 million of cash on hand as of the end of Q2 the Company is well financed for our planned activities", Weyrauch commented.

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished