Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

Sienna acquires gold, lithium projects in Canada

24 june 2024

Canada-based Sienna Resources, focused on exploring for and developing high-grade deposits, has announced the acquisition of two licenses - the Stonesthrow gold project in Saskatchewan and Case Lake West cesium and spodumene pegmatite project in Ontario.

The first new project consists of approximately 13,300 contiguous acres prospective for gold and directly borders Ramp Metals Inc’s licenses where it has discovered multiple zones of gold mineralization, including grades of up to 73.55 g/t.

Sienna‘s management is cautiously optimistic about the new acquisition but has announced no specific timelines for its further development.

Meanwhile in May, the company announced the acquisition of the new Case Lake West cesium and spodumene pegmatite project in Ontario which consists of approximately 2,200 contiguous acres of prospective areas and borders Power Metals Corp’s Case Lake cesium and pegmatite swarm discovery. These results achieved by Power Metals has also prompted an optimistic message by Sienna’s management.

“Sienna’s management is encouraged by these important results achieved directly bordering our property. Ontario is one of the most well-known mining regions in the world, and we are very pleased to have a large footprint in the heart of it,” said Sienna’s president Jason Gigliotti.

“Sienna has been building a strong portfolio of Canada focused assets in 2024 primarily in uranium and now for cesium and lithium.   Sienna management plans to continue and build on this trend in the future.”

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief, Rough&Polished