Alto Ventures Recovers KIMs on Property Near Pikoo Diamond Project

(IDEX Online News) – Canadian exploration company Alto Ventures Ltd. has recovered significant kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs) from till samples on the GEFA Diamond Property, located adjacent to the east of the North Arrow Minerals Inc. Pikoo diamond project in Northern Saskatchewan.

 The KIMs include Cr-rich chromites, Mg-ilmenites, Cr-pyrope garnets and one diamond-associated eclogite garnet (diamond indicator mineral or DIM). “Recovery of such an eclogite garnet in till is consistent with an indicator dispersion train having a potentially significant diamondiferous source. Cr-pyrope, eclogite garnet, and Mg-ilmenite KIMs have been particularly useful in this part of Saskatchewan defining the drill targets that resulted in discovery of diamond bearing kimberlite in 2013 on the adjacent Pikoo property,” says Alto Ventures.

A total of 325 till samples were collected on the company’s GEFA and Fisher claims in 2014, which were then shipped to the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon for processing.

"Alto is very encouraged by these initial results" says Rick Mazur, Alto CEO and Director. "A single KIM grain can be relevant but recovery of numerous KIM's forming a till train including a DIM eclogite garnet suggests that this indicator dispersion train could have a potentially significant diamondiferous source up-ice. Alto will assess its further exploration plans for the property once the remainder of the KIM results are received and the airborne magnetic survey results have been interpreted."