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by Will Purcell

The diamond and specialty minerals stocks box score for Tuesday was a so-so 76-74-160 as the TSX Venture Exchange lost nine points to 665. Patrick Power and Buddy Doyle's all-but-dormant Arctic Star Exploration Corp. (ADD), unchanged at one cent on 65,000 shares, is nevertheless one of Canada's more active diamond explorers. Late last week, the company tweaked its management structure, with the company's founder, Mr. Power, giving a big promotion to his vice-president of exploration for the past 21 years: Mr. Doyle.

Mr. Doyle becomes executive chairman and will be responsible for the company's "day-to-day operations and administration of the company." (Such is the state of affairs with Arctic Star and the junior diamond exploration sector that Mr. Doyle may be needed more month-to-month and day-to-day -- unless Mr. Power has success as the company's chief executive officer who will now focus on financing, investor relations and business development.)

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