More diamonds reported from Destiny

Surface sampling at the Destiny diamond showing, 25 km north of Wawa, Ont., has yielded additional diamonds from a lamproite dyke.

The sampling, by Pele Mountain Resources (YPN-V), recovered 42 diamonds from a 350-kg sample of weathered lamproite exposed in a surface outcrop. Of the 42 diamonds, eight were macrodiamonds, measuring more than 0.5 mm in their longest dimension. The largest of the diamonds was 1.09 mm across.

The lamproite exposed in the Destiny showing occupies a series of fault-controlled dykes that strike roughly eastward. A larger-scale fault appears to continue about 1,000 metres along strike. The showing itself measures 18 metres in width, though it appears to continue southwards underneath a lake.

Surface sampling this past fall recovered 64 diamonds from mostly weathered lamproite, though one white microdiamond came from a 53-kg sample of bedrock. Of the remaining stones, only two were macros.

The Destiny showing lies 4 km southeast of the Jubilee showing, where Pele discovered a yellow macrodiamond last summer. Athough follow-up results from 110 kg of outcrop samples failed to yield any diamonds, results are pending for other samples.

Mechanical stripping has exposed the Jubilee showing as a mica-bearing lamprophyre rich in chromium. The showing strikes for at least 70 metres in length and is at least 20 metres wide.