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Thursday September 19 2002 News Release
See Northern Empire Minerals Ltd (C-NEM) News Release
Mr. John Robins of Northern Empire reports
KIMBERLITE FLOAT CONFIRMED AT TWO SITES APPROXIMATELY 15 KM A ...
Kimberlite float has been recovered from two different locations within the 540,000-acre Churchill diamond project, located in the Rankin Inlet area of the Nunavut Territory.
As a result of ground prospecting while till sampling during Northern Empire's August program, conducted by APEX Geoscience Ltd., two occurrences of kimberlite float were discovered approximately 15 kilometres apart. Both occurrences have been confirmed as kimberlite by R.L. Barnett Geological of London, Ont.
Both occurrences of kimberlite float were discovered in the immediate vicinity of diamond indicator minerals from tills. The tills yielded a significant G10 subcalcic pyrope garnet population supported by eclogitic garnets, chrome diopsides, chromites and picroilmenites. The chemistry of the indicator minerals recovered from the kimberlite float and nearby till samples indicates a high degree of potential for the discovery of diamondiferous kimberlites on the property. The mineral chemistry of these tills and recovered kimberlite float is unique to the region, differing from the known kimberlite and lamprophyre rocks previously recognized. The kimberlite float chemistry indicates that at least two separate new local kimberlite sources occur within the Churchill diamond project area.
"The discovery of kimberlitic float associated with indicator samples containing significant G10 counts significantly increases the prospectivity of the Churchill diamond project," said John Robins, president of Northern Empire. "Based on these encouraging results coupled with our ongoing airborne geophysical survey results, we believe there is potential for a cluster of kimberlites within the Churchill project area," said Pamela Strand, president and chief executive officer of Shear Minerals. |
