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Ville Marie Diamond Project
Highlights... - Discovery of two kimberlite pipes, one of which is diamond bearing;
- Establishment of 12 additional kimberlite targets through extensive overburden and associated heavy mineral analysis;
- Established that the geotherm, obtained through the interpretation of heavy mineral geochemistry, indicates that the correct geotherm exists in the Ville Marie area to support a diamond deposit.
The Project Is... The project is 100% owned by Northern Superior Resources Inc., except for the property associated with the Lac Honorat kimberlite pipe. That pipe is located on claims owned by FieldEx Exploration Inc., of which Northern Superior has 100% rights to the diamonds with FieldEx holding a 2% gross overriding royalty. The Property Location Is... Northern Superior’s Ville Marie project is located north and east of the town of Ville Marie in western Quebec. This project is located on the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield. It is one of the largest Archean cratons in the world. This craton is a highly prospective region for kimberlite exploration, meeting all geological criteria for hosting kimberlites with potentially economic diamond grades. The Ville Marie project is associated with the Temiscamingue kimberlite field, one of four kimberlite fields recognized in Quebec. Specifically, the project is located on the eastern flank of the Temiscamingue structural zone, a major geological structure that extends northwest towards the James Bay Lowlands where a kimberlite cluster has been discovered hosting an economic diamond-bearing kimberlite. Other kimberlites within this cluster are currently being evaluated for their economic potential.
The Property Currently Consists Of… The property currently consists of 363 claims covering an area of 16,970 hectares. Exploration History... 2003 - Northern Superior Resources initiates an extensive overburden sampling program:
- Defines eleven (11) high priority kimberlite exploration areas;
2004 - Northern Superior contracts an extensive airborne geophysical survey;
- Northern Superior completes a second phase of overburden sampling focusing on six (6) of the eleven (11) high priority kimberlite exploration areas;
- Drill program completed but no kimberlite intersected.
2005 - Overburden mapping completed;
- Kimberlite boulders discovered with favorable indicator mineral geochemistry.
2006 - Reverse circulation drill programs completed, kimberlite cuttings recovered.
2007
- Diamond drill program intersects two kimberlite pipes, the Morin and Lac Honorat;
- Morin kimberlite diamondiferous, but not economic;
- Lac Honorat kimberlite not tested for diamonds as kimberlite indicator minerals suggest that it would also be non-economic.
2008
- Two reverse circulation drill programs completed , this coupled with the results from previous overburden sampling programs defines at least twelve (12) more kimberlite pipes;
- Material from the Lac Honorat kimberlite pipe undergoes petrographic and grain geochemistry. Although the laboratory reported that this pipe sampled the mantle too high for an economic diamond deposit, the geotherm obtained from the interpretation of grain geochemistry indicates that the correct geotherm exists in the Ville Marie area to support a diamond deposit.
Future Exploration...
Northern Superior views the potential of diamond discovery on its Ville Marie property as excellent. Unfortunately, current market conditions make it difficult for the Company to either raise capital to further exploration on this property for diamonds or attract an exploration partner to advance this program at this time.
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