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| Dec 19, 2006 Stornoway Commences Compulsory Acquisition of Remaining Contact Common Shares Stornoway Diamond Corporation ("Stornoway") (SWY:TSX) is pleased to announce that it has mailed a notice of compulsory acquisition to all remaining holders of Contact Diamond Corporation co... |
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| Dec 18, 2006 Ashton Board Of Directors Approves Stornway Amalgamation Proposal Special meeting of shareholders to proceed on January 15, 2007 |
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| Dec 5, 2006 Stornoway and Shear Report Significant Diamond Counts from Kahuna Kimberlite at Churchill 15 Macrodiamonds and 327 Microdiamonds Recovered from 57.6 kg Sample |
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| Nov 29, 2006 Stornoway Closes Flow-Through Share Financing Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) has today announced that it has closed two offerings to raise an aggregate of $4,175,000 from the issuance of 3,340,000 flow-through shares. |
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| Nov 14, 2006 Stornoway Flow-Through Private Placement Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) has today entered into an agreement with Canaccord Capital Corporation and BMO Capital Markets (the “Underwriters”) under which the Underwriters... |
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| Nov 7, 2006 David Garofalo Appointed Member of Stornoway Board of Directors Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to announce that David Garofalo has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. The board now consists of eight members. |
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| Oct 31, 2006 Stornoway Increases Stake in Contact to 93.0% and Offer Expires Stornoway announces that it has taken up and accepted for payment an additional 1,576,774 shares or approximately 3.6% of the outstanding, Contact common shares, under its takeover bid offer for a... |
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| Oct 18, 2006 Four Metre Wide Kimberlite Dyke Drilled in the Josephine River Corridor, Churchill Diamond Project, Nunuvut Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) are pleased to report that drilling in the Josephine River corridor has resulted in the discovery of the Kahuna kimberlite... |
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| Oct 17, 2006 Stornoway Increases Stake in Ashton to 75.6% and Stake in Contact to 89.4% Ashton Offer Expires and Contact Offer Extended to October 30, 2006 Stornoway Diamond Corporation announces that it has taken up and accepted for payment an additional approximately 2.7 million, or approximately 2.9% of the outstanding, Ashton common shares, under ... |
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| Oct 11, 2006 Stornoway and Ashton Agree on Transition of Board of Directors Stornoway Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. that provides for a transition in the Board of Directors of Ashton. |
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| Oct 11, 2006 AVIAT EXPLORATION UPDATE Significant Tonnage Potential Identified Additional Positive Mini Bulk Sample Results Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to present the following update on its 2006 summer exploration activities on the Aviat Project, located on the Melville Peninsula in eastern Nunavut. |
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| Oct 3, 2006 Stornoway Increases Stake in Ashton to 72.7% and Stake in Contact to 87.3% Both Offers Extended to October 16, 2006 Stornoway Diamond Corporation announces that it has taken up and accepted for payment an additional approximately 4.3 million, or approximately 4.5% of the outstanding, Ashton common shares, under ... |
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| Sep 20, 2006 24 Macrodiamonds Recovered From Surface Kimberlite At Churchill Project Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) are pleased to report that 24 macrodiamonds have been recovered from the Notch and Jigsaw kimberlite outcrops at the Churc... |
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| Sep 19, 2006 Stornoway Acquires 68.2% of Ashton and 67.5% of Contact and Extends Both Offers to October 2, 2006 Stornoway Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce that approximately 68.2% of the common shares of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc and approximately 67.5% of the common shares of Contact Diamond Cor... |
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| Sep 18, 2006 Stornoway Announces Conditions of Ashton and Contact Offers Have Been Met and Extends Both Offers Stornoway Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce that all of the conditions of its offers to acquire all of the common shares of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. and Contact Diamond Corporation hav... |
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| Sep 13, 2006 Stornoway Sets The Record Straight Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) is issuing this press release to clarify statements and characterizations made in a letter dated September 11, 2006 (the “Shareholder Letter”), sent to shar... |
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| Sep 6, 2006 Ashton's Application to the BC Securities Commission Dismissed Offer to close on September 18, 2006 |
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| Sep 5, 2006 Stornoway Mails Notice of Variation to Ashton Offer Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) announced today that it has mailed a Notice of Variation and Extension and Notice of Change (the “Notice”) to its offer and takeover bid circular dated Augu... |
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| Sep 1, 2006 Stornoway and Rio Tinto Subsidiaries Amend Lock-up Agreement Stornoway Diamond Corporation (“Stornoway”) announced today that it has agreed with Ashton Canada Pty. Limited and QIT-Fer et Titane Inc. (the “Rio Tinto Subsidiaries”) to amend the terms of the lo... |
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| Aug 23, 2006 Stornoway Responds to Ashton Director's Circular Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) responded today to the filing of a directors' circular by Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (TSX: ACA) in response to Stornoway's offer to acquire all the outsta... |
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| Aug 23, 2006 EXPLORATION UPDATE - Two New Kimberlites Discovered at Qilalugaq Latest Aviat Kimberlite Proves Diamondiferous Stornoway is pleased to announce the discovery of two new kimberlites at the Qilalugaq Project, Repulse Bay, Nunavut, optioned from BHP Billiton in July, 2006. |
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| Aug 22, 2006 Prospecting Identifies Two New Kimberlite Outcrops at Churchill; Summer Drilling has Commenced on the Project Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) are pleased to report that two new bedrock sources, referred to as the Notch and Jigsaw kimberlites have been discovered a... |
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| Aug 11, 2006 Stornoway Mails Offer to Contact Shareholders Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) and Contact Diamond Corporation (TSX: CO) announced today that Stornoway has filed its formal offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Contact with... |
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| Aug 10, 2006 Stornoway Mails Offer to Ashton Shareholders Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) announced today that it has filed its formal offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (TSX: ACA) with Canadian securit... |
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| Jul 24, 2006 Stornoway to Make Concurrent Offers for Ashton Mining and Contact Diamond Largest Shareholders of Ashton and Contact Agree to Tender Under Hard Lock-Ups (En Français) |
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| Jul 13, 2006 New Diamondiferous Kimberlite Intersections At Churchill Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) are pleased to report that a bedrock source for the diamondiferous till sample PST003 has been identified during the first... |
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| Jul 12, 2006 Stornoway Options Qilalugaq Diamond Property Stornoway Diamond Corporation and BHP Billiton are pleased to announce that they have entered into an option agreement to further explore BHP Billiton’s 1.04 million acre Qilalugaq Diamond Propert... |
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| Jul 11, 2006 Av7 Kimberlite Body Grades 0.77 Carats Per Tonne At Aviat Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report a diamond sample grade of 0.77 carats per tonne for the AV7 kimberlite body on the Aviat Pro... |
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| Jul 11, 2006 Av7 Kimberlite Body Grades 0.77 Carats Per Tonne At Aviat Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report a diamond sample grade of 0.77 carats per tonne for the AV7 kimberlite body on the Aviat Pro... |
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| Jun 28, 2006 Aviat Update - New Kimberlite Intersected Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton, and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to announce that the spring drill program has been completed at the Aviat Project on the Melville Pen... |
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| Jun 21, 2006 AV6 Kimberlite Body Grades 0.97 Carats Per Tonne at Aviat Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report a diamond sample grade of 0.97 carats per tonne for the AV6 kimberlite body on the Aviat Pro... |
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| Jun 13, 2006 Stornoway and Motapa Provide Botswana Update Stornoway Diamond Corp. (SWY – TSX) and Motapa Diamonds Inc. (MTP – TSX-V) are pleased to provide the following exploration update from their jointly held projects collectively covering 2.1 million... |
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| Apr 25, 2006 Stornoway Announces $4.6 Milion Exploration Budget for Churchill $400,000 for Churchill West Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX), Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV), and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (BHP Billiton) today announced the approval of a $4.6 million exploration budget for the Chur... |
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| Apr 10, 2006 Stornoway and Shear Report Three Macro Diamonds and 159 Micros From 19.9 KG Churchill Till Sample Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX), Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV), and BHP Billiton today announced that three macro diamonds and 159 microdiamonds have been recovered from a 19.9kg till samp... |
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| Mar 29, 2006 Stornoway and Motapa to Commence Drilling in Botswana Stornoway Diamond Corp. and Motapa Diamonds Inc. are pleased to announce that the companies are about to begin a two phase drilling program on their 2.1 million acre land package in Botswana, Africa. |
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| Mar 28, 2006 Canadian Diamond Exploration Update Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) is pleased to provide the following update on our Canadian diamond exploration activities... |
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| Mar 27, 2006 Additional Diamond Results From The Melville Peninsula Stornoway is pleased to provide the following update on our eastern Arctic diamond exploration activities... |
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| Feb 21, 2006 Stornoway Close To High Interest Diamond Indicator Mineral Source On Churchill Diamond Property Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX), Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV), and BHP Billiton today announced the recovery of high counts of G10 pyrope garnets and kimberlite fragments within a till s... |
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| Feb 13, 2006 Stornoway and Contact Announce Acquisition of Property on Baffin Island Following 2005 Generative Program Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Contact Diamond Corporation (CO:TSX) would like to offer the following update on the generative joint venture project originally announced on May 10, 200... |
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| Jan 23, 2006 Two Unsourced Boulder Trains Prove Diamondiferous Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (BHP Billiton) and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report microdiamond results of grab samples taken from unsourced bould... |
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| Jan 12, 2006 Additional Microdiamond Counts From Aviat Kimberlites Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY), BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (BHP Billiton) and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report additional microdiamond results from surface material collected... |
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