Diamonds Thrill Again In Saskatchewan
Let’s take a look at what might well be the world’s newest emerging diamond district.
Stornoway Diamond Corp.’s (TSX – SWY) regional exploration programs were intended to test the diamond potential of the Sask craton in north-central Saskatchewan.
Exploration work included KIM sampling programs, an airborne geophysical survey (to detect magnetic differences on the ground), prospecting and geophysical anomaly checking – ground truthing of targets.
Kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) sampling consists of digging a hole and taking up to 20 kg of glacial till – dirt - and sending it to a laboratory for the recovery and analysis of indicator minerals - if any.
Indicator minerals such as pyrope garnets, chromites, and ilmenites are used as kimberlite tracers because these KIMs are found in the same place diamonds form, deep beneath the earth’s surface in the diamond stability field. The Pikoo claims were staked by Stornoway, in February and March of 2011, based on their regional test results.
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