Peregrine Diamonds reported the first caustic fusion diamond results from drill core collected from the CH-1 kimberlite on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak project, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A 178.8 kilogram sample of drill core collected from a drill hole intersecting the northern portion of CH-1 yielded 322 diamonds larger than the 0.075 mm sieve size, including five diamonds larger than the 0.600 mm sieve size.
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. report the discovery of a 0.64 carat diamond and a coarse diamond size distribution in a surface sample collected from the CH-7 kimberlite on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak project, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A 220.9 kilogram sample collected from CH-7 yielded 664 diamonds larger than the 0.075 mm sieve size, including 11 diamonds larger than the 0.600 mm sieve size. The CH-4 and CH-8 kimberlites are also diamondiferous with 201.6 and 187.9 kilogram samples of drill core and surface material respectively yielding 15 and 17 diamonds larger than the 0.075 mm sieve size including one diamond larger than the 0.600 mm sieve size from CH-4.
Peregrine Diamonds reported the discovery of large diamonds and a coarse diamond size distribution in representative drill core samples collected from the CH-6 kimberlite located on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak project, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A 398.8 kilogram sample collected from CH-6 yielded 2,730 diamonds larger than the 0.075 mm sieve size, including 131 diamonds larger than the 0.600 mm sieve size. The largest diamond recovered from the sample was a 0.62 carat white, transparent aggregate. The CH-5 kimberlite was also determined to be diamondiferous with a 423.7 kilogram surface sample yielding 49 diamonds larger than the 0.075 mm sieve size.
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