Talmora Diamond Inc. has acquired twelve prospecting permits (2827, 2828, 2829, 7305, 7306, 7307, 7308, 7309, 7310, 7311, 7312 and 7313) covering 645,718 acres in the Horton River area of the Northwest Territories. The Horton River Diamond Project is 100-200 kilometers south of Paulatuk, a village located on the arctic coast, and about 400 kilometers east of Inuvik. It is located on Crown Land and is surrounded by permits and claims held by Sanatana Diamonds Inc. Three permits are valid until January 31, 2008, six are valid until January 31, 2010 and three are valid until January 31, 2012. Performance deposits have been posted on the permits but will be refunded if approved work is subsequently performed. Claims may be staked within the permit areas before they expire.
sediment samples and because they lie on a zone of diabase dykes along which Darnley Bay has discovered 10 kimberlite pipes (6 known to be diamondiferous). The remaining permits were acquired to cover the up-ice projection of the anomalous samples. Talmora believes that its permits lie on a favorable trend that is the northern projection of the Slave Diamond Corridor displaced to the west on a pre-Paleozoic fault running along the north shore of Great Bear Lake and through Coronation Gulf. The Slave Diamond Corridor includes the Diavik, Ekati and Jericho diamond mines and the Snap Lake, and Kennady Lake deposits being permitted for production.
about 175 kilometers west of the Talmora permits and has reported significant results in press releases. In 2004 a record number of permits were awarded for diamond exploration in the Horton River – West Lena area including those of Sanatana that surround the Talmora permits. Sanatana collected till samples in 2004 at a density of 1 per 14,000 acres over their entire block of 18.2 million acres. Their indicator mineral map shows a concentration of anomalous samples down-ice of the Talmora permits. There is a good chance that some of the indicator minerals may originate from a source up-ice on the Talmora permits. Most permits south of 68°N have expired but areas with kimberlite potential have been staked by the previous permit holders. Sanatana have staked a large block of claims on the SSE projection of the favorable trend of diabase dykes adjoining the SE corner of the Talmora property. Talmora Diamond spent approximately $150,000 on an orientation sampling survey of its original three permits in the fall of 2004. The work included the collection of 127 till and stream samples of ten litres each and examination of the –1.00mm to +0.30mm concentrate fractions. This confirmed the presence of anomalous numbers of kimberlite indicator minerals and produced a guide for further sampling. Follow-up work planned for 2007 is aimed at producing drill targets and includes examination of the –0.3mm to +0.25mm fractions of the 2004 orientation samples in order to define indicator mineral trains, more detailed stream and till sampling and an airborne magnetic survey. A second phase of further sampling and ground magnetic surveys to define drill targets is dependent on the results of the first phase. Continuing positive results would lead to drill testing of 3 to 4 targets. The first phase is estimated to cost $0.5 million and the total cost is estimated at $1.4 million. Mr. Alan W. Davies, P.Eng., P.G. is the “qualified person” for the purposes of the above technical information pursuant to National Instrument 43-101. |
Property Map (NWT Mining Recorder Sidview)
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