GGL-v...in the news:
GGL sends in survey crews to confirm Zip's potential
News Release
Mr. Raymond Hrkac reports
GGL CREWS BEGIN MOBILIZING FOR GROUND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; SPRING DRILL
PROGRAM MAY BE POSSIBLE ON ZIP CLAIMS
GGL Diamond's Yellowknife team is preparing to undertake ground geophysical
surveys this week on three potential drill targets on its
100-per-cent-owned Zip claims, part of the Winter Lake North property,
which lies approximately 75 kilometres west of the Ekati mine in the
Northwest Territories.
The geophysical survey work is being undertaken in an area identified by
2002 mineral sampling, which indicated that the potential kimberlite source
of the indicator minerals on the claim is diamondiferous.
If the geophysical survey work confirms the potential, and if weather and
other circumstances permit, it may be possible to undertake a drill program
on these targets in mid-April to late April.
A total of 23 samples taken from the Zip claims in 2002 were analyzed by
the mineralogical laboratory of KM Diamond Exploration Ltd. Dr. Felix V.
Kaminsky, PGeo, is the company's qualified person. These 23 samples yielded
excellent results, with kimberlitic pyrope garnets per sample ranging from
a low of seven to a high of 251 pyrope garnets. Analysis has confirmed that
kimberlitic chrome-diopside and olivine grains occur with the pyropes. The
pyrope composition graph of G-10/G-9 garnets indicates the kimberlite
source related to these minerals is most likely to be diamondiferous. The
cutoff of this linear train was incorporated into GGL's data set, having
been identified by sampling done by others prior to GGL's acquisition of
the property.
In an effort to prioritize additional work and identify potential drill
targets for 2003, GGL's crews may also undertake additional ground surveys
on other claims, including Seahorse and Starfish areas, weather permitting.
Year 2000 to 2001 and 2002 sampling -- the basis for 2003 exploration
Results from extensive sampling and survey work over the past three years
will form the basis for GGL's 2003 exploration program and will assist in
the selection of potential drill targets. In total in 2002, 874 heavy
mineral samples and 971 soil samples were collected on GGL's claims in the
Slave Craton of the Northwest Territories in Canada. Indicator mineral
sampling was completed on the Seahorse (161 samples) and Starfish (261
samples) (results due March/April), Mackay (49 samples), Winter Lake North
(128 samples), and on Winter Lake South (89 samples) and the G claims (152
samples) (results due April/May). Several ground geophysical surveys,
geophysical anomaly ground checks and surficial mapping were also completed
over portions of the claims. |
