Attawapiskat diamond cluster expands.April was a good drilling month for diamond hunters KWG KWG Kreditwesengesetz (German: banking act) KWG Kids With Guns (band) KWG Kaiser Wilhelm Gymnasium KWG Kernkraftwerk Graben Resources and Spider Resources with the discovery of three kimberlites on their McFadyen property in the James Bay James Bay, shallow southern arm of Hudson Bay, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 140 mi (230 km) wide, E central Canada, in Nunavut Territory between Ont. and Que. Numerous rivers flow into the bay; many of these have been developed for hydroelectric power in Quebec (see lowlands. The partners announced in late April evidence of a third kimberlite kimberlite: see diamond. kimberlite or blue ground Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix. about eight kilometres north of De Beers Canada's proposed Victor diamond mine project near Attawapiskat Attawapiskat (ăt'əwəpĭs`kăt), river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, flowing E from Attawapiskat Lake, N Ontario, Canada, then N and E into James Bay. The trading posts of Attawapiskat and Lansdowne House are on the river. . The kimberlite was intersected at a depth of 105 metres, increasing the total number of kimberlites discovered in their winter drilling program to five. The ground west of Attawapiskat has become a prime exploration ground for junior miners. The Spider-KWG find increases the total number of announced kimberlites in the Attawapiskat cluster to 21. |
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