Dios Exploration

Diamond and gold

Following very encouraging research results obtained  by DIOS EXPLORATION, DIOS is pleased to announce the new wholly owned diamond-gold AU33 West & East exploration project covering more than 500 square kilometers, located east-northeast (up-ice) of DIOS PONTAX diamond project and northeast of the PONTAX lithium discovery. Two main target areas were defined by the 2009 DIOS systematic research work and till survey: the first is a well-structured 3 to 5 by 15 kilometer gold glacial dispersal train while the second area consists of two favourable kimberlite indicator mineral trains.

DIOS already completed a large detailed low altitude 8,300 km-line airborne geophysical survey over this new project located in the Opinaca-Eastmain 1 area, some 300 kilometers  northeast of the town of Matagami, James Bay, Quebec.

In 2009, a large reconnaissance grass root heavy mineral till sampling program was commissioned by DIOS and completed by IOS Geoscientifiques Services under the supervison of DIOS’ chief geologist H. Desbiens outside mining claims, up-ice of anomalous and favourable kimberlite indicator minerals showing high diamond potential chemistry for the kimberlites they come from, including the prized G10 garnets, omphacite (eclogitic pyroxenes - very high diamond potential), ilmenite, kosmoclor diopsides and fosterite olivines. A total of 136 samples were collected, of which 88 samples are part of the AU33 project and 48 samples are part of the PONTAX project.
 
Surprisingly, the first target area delineated on the AU33 property (West) is a well-structured, clear and strong 3-5 by 15 kilometer gold glacial dispersal train from which heavy mineral concentrates from glacial tills sampled yielded from 500 to 1,750 ppb gold (parts per billion). (1,000 ppb = 1 g/T).  It is located down-ice of folded sections of the Anatacau-Pivert volcanics along which is also hosted the Eastmain Resources Clearwater gold deposit in the same region, but more to the east.

AU33 East: The second target area consists of two favourable kimberlite indicator mineral trains that include G11 garnet, Kosmochlor and Fosterites. The indicators are centered within a 7 x 7 kilometer area stopping just down-ice of a regional northwest striking diabase dyke (a large deep intra-continental structure belonging to the Mistassini diabase cluster and similar to the large structures associated with the Renard diamond deposit). Numerous north-northwest, northwest and northsouth topograghic lineaments are visible in the area.