Greg Klein | March 15, 2016 | ResourceClips.com: Maybe this time this Friedland will get it right. His older brother Robert’s first foray into diamond exploration was, from the gemstone perspective, a monumental flop. Sure, the company stumbled on enough nickel, cobalt and copper to get a nice little $4.3-billion consolation prize for Voisey’s Bay. But as for finding and building a diamond mine, that might be up to younger brother Eric. He evidently sees an optimistic, fast-paced scenario for Peregrine Diamonds’ (TSX: PGD) Chidliak project in Nunavut.
Ironically, given the outcome of Friedland the elder’s search for Labrador diamonds, mineral exploration in the Chidliak area seems to have started with another company’s 1996-to-1997 search for a Voisey’s Bay-type deposit. But little else happened until 2005, when Peregrine and BHP Billiton Canada began regional reconnaissance.
Now 100% owner Peregrine continues to advance, announcing on March 8 a diamond valuation for Chidliak’s CH-7 kimberlite, which has a maiden resource slated for later this month. The project’s more advanced CH-6 pipe has an update underway for a resource that currently shows an inferred 3.32 million tonnes averaging 2.58 carats per tonne for 8.57 million carats.
The evaluation for CH-7’s 735.75-carat parcel came to a current average price of $100 per carat but a base modelled average of $114 per carat. The Antwerp firm takes into consideration diamonds lost by breakage, using proprietary techniques to forecast average prices that could be achieved through actual production.
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