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To: Dave R. Webb who wrote (123)	1/12/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: VAUGHN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186

Hello Dave *OFF TOPIC* Do you lurk over here often? I will see if I can track down an electronic version for you David, in the mean time, as you know, I have been requesting similar and updated information from you for some time and would love to see it on the GMD thread (in addition to what I requested of you this A.M.) My recollection from Mr. Senn is that GMD also had some extremely attractive chemistry, which would be of interest to the market and this thread if you would widely publish your most recent probes, sampling map data and drilling schedule. Thank you Hello Andrew Interesting….., so JK has picked this one up. May I ask if he also picked up CAV, MIY and GMD? MIY and CAV along with Tanqueray have pieces of the Yamba Lake claims with SUF being the operator as you probably know. Additional grid sampling was conducted last Fall by Lisa and associates on a much tighter grid and processing for a smaller grain size in addition to re-sampling for confirmation where CAV had indicated outstanding results. I have not heard the results of this work, but since SUF have not dropped their Option, I would assume that they have confirmed the data. It is my understanding that HB is planning to drill Yamba this Spring. CAV ran into indistinct target signals and dispersed lake bottom trains similar to SUF's experience last year at Munn Lake. As with Munn, I believe it is Howard's intention to start with sonic drilling through lake sediments and a few meters of bedrock down ice from what were if I recall five distinct target (lakes) where chemistry was cut-off up ice. ABZ has had good experience with the sonic drills allowing them to reach undisturbed (non wave reworked) gravel's near bedrock and Howard and CJ are banking on duplicating that clarity. It is also worth noting that over half of these claims were never flown let alone sampled as of last fall and the grid used on what had been flown up until then was wider than what SUF would have typically used. I don't know what the magnesium and calcium plots look like at Yamba but I do know that large numbers of G-10's, and I believe Illmenites and Chromites (sp?) were found by CAV, I am not sure about Chrome Diopside but that is secondary. As I said, the CAV sampling was so suspect, that I would much rather go by what SUF have been able to confirm. Why not give Lee or Howard a call and ask what the numbers look like? Would love to read your post of their reply (on another thread of course). Regards

To: Dave R. Webb who wrote (123)	1/19/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: VAUGHN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186

Hello Dave I had not forgotten your Munn Lake kimberlite question and have been trying to find a published source of the information and preferably one that was available electronically. Unfortunately, the following is all I could find within the above parameters. The magnesium and calcium data I picked up from conversations with company officials but as it is does not appear to be published, I am afraid I can not offer verification. ----------- “The Yuryi kimberlite float material is within a 150 metre diameter area with some of the larger pieces of kimberlite being in the 10 to 20 metre diameter range. There is also a strong development of kimberlite mud along the Munn Lake shoreline. Microdiamond testing of the Yuryi kimberlite float material has returned 226 diamonds from 581.29 kg of treated kimberlite. Sixty-two diamonds are greater than 0.5mm in their largest dimension, with one 0.12, one 0.03 and three 0.01 carat diamonds being recovered. Overall, the majority of the diamonds are clear and colourless. Kimberlite indicator microprobe chemistry results from the Yuryi kimberlite indicate that 41% of the 50 pyrope garnets probed lie within the G10 field and 6 of the 49 chromites probed have diamond inclusion chemistries. The program to date has located 12 kimberlite dykes that occur in the vicinity of the Yuryi kimberlite float area, however, a comparison of the chromite microprobe chemistry between the chromites hosted by the kimberlite dikes and the chromites hosted within the Yuryi float material suggest that they are not related. The chromites from the kimberlite dykes have a 2% to 3% higher TiO2 value than the chromites that occur within the Yuryi kimberlite. During November and December 1997 a 175 line kilometre picketed grid was established covering the up-ice area of the Yuryi kimberlite float location. This was followed by a completion of a magnetometer survey, horizontal loop and time domain (EM-47) electromagnetic surveys, a bathymetry survey (lake bottom depth) and the collection of 180 lake bottom sediment geochemical samples at 100m centres. The above surveys have delineated approximately 16 targets that could be the result of kimberlite pipe intrusions. Most of the targets are within 300 metres of the shoreline. A total of five deep depressions have been defined with corresponding anomalous lake bottom sediment geochemical results that are high in chromium, titanium, niobium, nickel, magnesium, uranium and rubidium which are suggestive of a kimberlite source. A number of high priority ground electromagnetic targets occur up ice of the Yuryi kimberlite float area with one particularly strong coincident time domain EM-47 and horizontal loop electromagnetic conductivity anomaly that is approximately 400 metres by 150 metres in dimension. Diamond drilling to test the 16 various anomalies will commence during the first week of April. A total of 2,000 metres of drilling is expected to be completed by the end of May. Approximately 1,200 of the 1,700 till samples collected during 1997 have been processed for the recovery of kimberlite indicator mineral grains. The till sampling program was designed to further define six kimberlite indicator trains that occur within the property. The indicator mineral trains have pyrope microprobe chemistries that range between 20-40% G-10s.” Looking forward to your GMD NR on last year's geochemical sampling results and confirmation of both multiple lake targets and an immanent drilling schedule. Regards