THE DIAMOND PAGE — Gerle explores Doyle Lake kimberlite

Drilling at the Doyle Lake property in the Northwest Territories has traced a kimberlite sill over a northeasterly strike length of 1.3 km. The structure remains open to extension.

Gerle Gold (GGL-V) reports that intersections range from 0.2 to 5.7 metres in thickness. The kimberlite occupies a shallow-dipping fracture in granite rocks at the property, 240 km northeast of Yellowknife.

Gerle President Raymond Hrkac says the kimberlite was first thought to represent a fissure system. “But when we looked at the core, and vetted it, the decision was made that this was a sill,” he adds.

The source of the kimberlite sill has yet to be found.

The Vancouver-based junior has drilled 10 core holes, eight of which intersected kimberlite. During summer drilling, 15 of 98 shallow, reverse-circulation holes intersected kimberlite.

Gerle has suspended its core drilling program while it awaits results from a ground geophysical survey and analysis of 700 indicator mineral samples.

Monopros can earn a 60% interest in the Doyle Lake project from Gerle.

Core drilling will resume early in the new year.