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Gold/Mining/Energy : ASHTON MINING OF CANADA (ACA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Famularo who wrote (6329)	10/14/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: Jesse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7966

Frank, regarding Canada's first diamond mine, CBC Newsworld is having a TV special about this at around 11:30a.m.EDT, or 8:30a.m.PDT, today. The incredible story ending in the opening of the "Ekati" Diamet mine in the NWT, today officially, will be highlighted. From the VanSun article: SOME FACTS ON THE EKATI DIAMOND MINE: Where - 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, in tundra 150 km north of treeline. Ownership - Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd. of Australia, 51 per cent; Kelowna based Dia Met Minerals, 29 per cent; geologists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson, 20 per cent. Production - 10,000 carats a day, about four per cent of global production; early production expected to be worth $130 US per carat. Jobs - 830 permanent jobs over 22-year life of mine; 70 per cent northern hires, 30 per cent of those to be aboriginal. Camp Life - 375 [people] at any one time in dorm; no alcohol; hunting, fishing or feeding wildlife prohibited; facilities include racquet courts, exercise rooms, gym and games room. ------------- CBC Newsworld Online: newsworld.cbc.ca Cheers, -j :>