Ground Position Expanded At The Diagras Project
VANCOUVER – Arctic Star Exploration Corp. has staked and filed 27 new claims on the Diagras project where it is the operator. The Diagras project is a Joint Venture between Arctic Star and Margaret Lake Diamonds Inc. (DIA). Based on the success of the spring program, Arctic Star proceeded to stake 27 new claims covering 25,750.95 hectares. When added to the existing claims, the new total consists of 58 mineral claims covering 48,345.95 hectares. The new ground includes the previously discovered PL01 kimberlite, making the total of known kimberlites held in the project area to 24, which has now been increased to 29 with this season’s new discoveries.
Buddy Doyle, VP Exploration, said, “I led the team that discovered the PL01 kimberlite back in the late 1990s when I was with Rio Tinto. The ground was previously held by another explorer and the PL01 kimberlite was obviously missed. This experience added to our confidence that Arctic Star might find more kimberlites in this area and our five new kimberlites this spring have bolstered this confidence.”
The company plans to fly EM time domain and magnetic surveys, a method that did not exist back in the 1990’s. New filters and ways of integrating the data can highlight the kimberlites especially in areas with noisy backgrounds. The time domain EM data can be modeled in three dimensions which helps discriminate conductive lake sediments and country rocks from the kimberlites.