Tri-Origin sampling for diamonds.Toronto-based Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. has completed its initial phase of diamond exploration at its optioned Wawa project and is now focusing on identifying, locating and sampling kimberlites found on the property. The 24-square-kilometre project area lies two kilometres east of Wawa within the western extension of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt The Abitibi greenstone belt is a 2,800-2,600 million year old greenstone belt that spans across the Ontario-Quebec border in Canada. It is mostly made of volcanic rocks, but also includes ultramafic rocks, mafic intrusions, granitoid rocks, and early and middle Precambrian where numerous diamond occurrences have recently been reported. Kimberlite kimberlite: see diamond. kimberlite or blue ground Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix. , a rock type that has the potential to host diamonds, has been identified. And more importantly, Type II kimberlites have been identified also. A number of the major diamond mines located around the world are hosted by Type II kimberlite. Peter Chubb Chubb is the name of several individuals and companies:
"It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have difficult to tell because at the moment we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are looking at a series of dikes that are relatively narrow," he says. "But they have to have a source, and the question is, 'Is that source near surface or is it at great depth?'." He says the company is awaiting analysis on the kimberlite. No analysis has been done yet to determine if there are actually diamonds on the property. "We're just trying to get a better handle on the orientation of some of these kimberlite dikes to see which direction they're they're Contraction of they are. they're be going in." The Wawa area has a history of gold and iron deposits, with current and past producers of gold including Renabi Mine, Eagle River Mine, Edwards Mine and Mishi Deposit. The property includes the Jubilee jubilee (j  `bĭlē), in the Bible, a year when alienated property and land were restored, slaves were manumitted, debts were forgiven, and a general sabbatical year was observed in , Minto, Cooper, Parkhill, Surlaga, Grace-Darwin and Van Sickle sick·lev. 1. To cut with a sickle. 2. To deform a red blood cell into an abnormal crescent shape. 3. To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells. mines and six other gold prospects with underground development. The majority of gold production occurred during the early 1900s. "There's a series of old mines on the property that were mined for gold, and they did a pretty good job of noting the orientations of various dikes," Chubb says. Tri Origin's exploration marks the first modern exploration of the property. Previous work concentrated on areas close to old mine workings. Tri Origin has an option from Citadel Gold Mines Inc. and Citabar Ltd. Partnership to earn 51 per cent interest in the Wawa property by spending $1.5 million on exploration over five years, beginning in May 2000. Upon completion of the expenditure, Citadel will have an option to enter into a joint venture with Tri Origin to further develop the property. |
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