Q-1 Kimberlite
*Information in this current blog is based on information obtained up to mid 2018 and should be considered legacy at this time and should no longer be relied upon.*
This kimberlite is on the edges of the Chidliak property on the Qilaq property.
The only difference is the Qilaq property is not subject to the BHP 2% royalty.
Discovery news release -- Aug 5 2010
Excerpt:
"The spring 2010 helicopter-borne magnetic/electromagnetic geophysical
survey revealed a magnetic high anomaly with an estimated diameter of
150 metres associated with a topographic depression that measures
approximately 60 metres by 50 metres. Subsequent prospecting led to the
discovery of the Q1 kimberlite, represented by large concentrations of
coarse-grained KIMs, and kimberlite cobbles and boulders on the surface.
Both magmatic kimberlite and probable weathered kimberlite breccia
boulders were identified. Pyrope garnet, picroilmenite and chrome
diopside grains over 10 millimetres in size were observed on the
surface. Clasts of limestone, shale and sandstone, interpreted to have
weathered from the kimberlite, are also present on the surface."
Images (page 3) -- Images PDF
Caustic results news release -- Oct 6 2010
A small 62.7 kg sample yielded 38 diamonds spread out over 6 sieves.
"The Q1 kimberlite is characterized by a magnetic high anomaly with an
estimated diameter of 150 metres, associated with a topographic
depression that measures approximately 60 metres by 50 metres. The 62.7
kilogram sample represented all the competent kimberlite that could be
readily located on the surface within the anomaly. The Q2 kimberlite is
located approximately four kilometres south of the Q1 kimberlite and
outside of the limits of the 2010 airborne geophysical survey. Two
kimberlite outcrops, and numerous cobbles and boulders, were discovered
within a surface depression that is more than 80 metres in diameter."
Images 2 (pages 3,4,5) -- Images 2 PDF
Drilling update - Aug 8 2011
19.2 metre RC hole
Not sure if the caustic results for the small RC drill hole have been completed.
The results from the original 62.7 kg sample indicate that the caustic results on the RC drillhole should be completed as the population on the sieves looks interesting and promising.
More work needs to be done on this.
This is a smaller kimberlite and is near surface.
A surface trench sample will probably be done during the mining phase of Chidliak to truly get a potential of this kimberlite.
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