DIAMONDS NORTH RESOURCES LTD

[Marketwire] - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Diamonds North Resources Ltd. has commenced drilling the 25 tonne bulk sample of the Beluga-3 kimberlite, located on its 100% owned Amaruk project in Nunavut.

[Marketwire] - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Diamonds North Resources Ltd. has commenced its 2010 exploration program on the Halkett Inlet Property located in Nunavut. A phase 1 program designed to develop drill targets on and around the HI-1 gold prospect is underway.

[Marketwire] - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Diamonds North Resources Ltd. reports that a portion of the non-brokered private placement announced on June 15, 2010 has closed for gross proceeds of $470,000.

[Marketwire] - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Diamonds North Resources Ltd. has commenced its 2010 exploration programs on the Amaruk property located in Nunavut. The diamond program will focus on the collection of a 25 tonne bulk sample from the Beluga-3 kimberlite to further test for commercial size diamonds.

[Marketwire] - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Diamonds North Resources Ltd. announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Minerals and Metals Group whereby MMG may earn 75% of the Nickel and other base metals on the Amaruk Property in Nunavut, Canada, by spending C$6,000,000 and completing a pre-feasibility study on any base metal deposit that might be identified on Amaruk.

[at Financial Times] - US stocks continued the previous day's rally on Thursday, helped by some positive macroeconomic news, but lacklustre retail sales figures weighed on sentiment.