Exceptional White/Colorless Diamond Population With High Clarity and Superior Shapes
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/06/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') (TSX: PGD) is pleased to report that a 14.11 tonne mini-bulk sample of drill core collected from the CH-6 kimberlite returned 40.04 carats of commercial-sized diamonds larger than the 0.85 mm sieve size. The mini-bulk sample was divided into four sub-samples, based on geology. The sub-samples, which were processed separately and ranged in size from 1.03 to 7.56 tonnes, returned diamond grades of 6.81, 3.49, 2.82, and 2.03 carats per tonne ('cpt'). The sub-sample with the highest grade was collected from the upper portion of the pipe. Overall, the 14.11 tonne sample yielded 523 commercial-size diamonds, nine of which weighed 0.50 carat or more, including two diamonds larger than one carat. The largest three diamonds were a 1.29 carat off-white, transparent macle, a 1.02 carat off-white, transparent octahedron, and a 0.99 carat white/colorless, transparent, tetrahexahedron.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/01/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX: PGD) ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') is pleased to report that BHP Billiton has elected to maintain a 51 percent participating interest in the Chidliak joint venture. As a result, Peregrine's ownership in the Chidliak diamond project ('Chidliak' or 'the
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/25/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX: PGD) ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') is pleased to report a coarse diamond size distribution for a 312.2 kilogram sample of reverse circulation ('RC') drill cuttings collected from the CH-44 kimberlite on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak project ('Chidliak
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/22/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX: PGD) ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') is pleased to report that a mini-bulk sample of surface material collected from the CH-7 kimberlite weighing 47.2 dry tonnes returned 49.07 carats of commercial-sized diamonds larger than the 0.85 mm sieve size, for a
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') (TSX: PGD) is pleased to report diamond results for a 1,008 kilogram sample collected by core drilling from the NQN-001 kimberlite at the 33,100 hectare Nanuq North project ('Nanuq North' or 'the Project') located approximately 275
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/06/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') (TSX: PGD) is pleased to report encouraging diamond results from the first two kimberlites (Q1 and Q2) discovered on the Company's 100 percent-owned, 854,000 hectare Qilaq project ('Qilaq' or 'the Project'). Qilaq is located on Hall
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/23/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX: PGD) ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') is pleased to report a coarse diamond size distribution from a 238.9 kilogram surface sample collected from the CH-28 kimberlite on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak project ('Chidliak' or 'the Project') on Baffin Island
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/16/10 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ('Peregrine' or 'the Company') (TSX: PGD) is pleased to report the discovery of 12 new kimberlites and the successful completion of the summer exploration programme at the Chidliak project ('Chidliak' or 'the Project') on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. These 12
Peregrine Diamonds is pleased to report the recent discovery of six new kimberlites at the Chidliak project on Baffin Island, Nunavut. The new discoveries bring the total number of kimberlites discovered to date on the Project to 38. Three of the new kimberlites, CH-33, CH-35 and CH-36, were discovered at surface by prospecting, and the other [...]
Peregrine Diamonds is pleased to report the discovery of two new kimberlites, named Q1 and Q2, by prospecting on the Company's 854,000 hectare Qilaq project on Baffin Island, Nunavut. Qilaq is located on Hall Peninsula, northeast of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, and is adjacent to Peregrine's Chidliak project where, as reported in a news release [...]
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. is pleased to report the discovery of six new kimberlites at the Chidliak project on Baffin Island, Nunavut. Three of the kimberlites, CH-29, CH-30 and CH-32, were discovered by drilling, and the other three, CH-27, CH-28 and CH-31 were discovered at surface by prospecting. The summer exploration programme continues with [...]
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. is pleased to report the discovery of eight new kimberlites at the Chidliak project on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Six of the new kimberlites, CH-19, CH-21 and CH-23 through CH-26 were discovered at surface by prospecting, and the other two, CH-20 and CH-22, were discovered by drilling. In addition, mini-bulk samples of [...]