De Beers Canada Exploration continues to search for the elusive source of the Ken Hicks kimberlite indicator mineral train on the LA 1-2 claims of the Doyle Lake joint venture project in the Northwest Territories.
The company, a subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), was to have started drilling in the second half of May. The target is a “shallow dipping reflector,” which was detected by a ground-penetrating radar survey conducted along the Ken Hicks indicator train. The survey consisted of a 4-km-long centre line and two 1-km-long parallel lines. All three lines detected an intermittently dipping reflector over the surveyed lengths.
Last year, De Beers collected 309 heavy mineral samples from the Doyle Lake project and conducted several ground geophysical surveys. Indicator minerals were recovered from samples taken from the Ken Hicks train and in low counts central to the LA1-25 claims.
The northern boundary of the LA 1-25 claims is within 200 metres of the Hearne pipe on the adjoining Kennady Lake joint venture of De Beers, Mountain Province Diamonds (mpv-t) and Camphor Ventures (cfv-v).
De Beers is the operator of the Doyle Lake project and holds a 60% interest. GGL Diamond (GGL-V) holds the remainder.
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