Diamond Properties
Encore Renaissance is engaged in diamond exploration in Canada’s Northwest Territories, within the South Slave craton which hosts all the currently producing Canadian diamond mines.
Encore is now focused on the 21 claims that it wholly owns: the FC claims, the Moose Claims, the Cleft, JJ and ZZL claims.
Since kimberlites are known to occur in clusters—and the Drybones Bay area has three diamondiferous kimberlites identified in the only three kimberlites found to date in the area—the company’s 21 properties offer a unique opportunity to evaluate the potential of the remaining area.
Encore has developed an exploration model to thoroughly test these zones, and will be sampling, and drilling the properties when appropriate.
Cleft and ZZL Properties
Two additional properties were acquired due to their proximity to its other diamond exploration properties in the Drybones Bay area of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Drybones Bay Kimberlite is the largest untested diamondiferous kimberlite in this region of the Slave craton, host to Canada's most significant diamond mining operations.
The properties have discreet topographical features associated with magnetic anomalies on a large government scale aeromagnetic survey.
These two properties are located approximately 12 kilometres to the east (ZZL) and 4 kilometres to the north (Cleft) of the Drybones Bay diamondiferrous kimberlite.
GSL Claims
Encore has acquired by option agreement, the 6 mineral claims located 50 kilometres southeast of the city of Yellowknife, NWT. on the eastern shore of Great Slave Lake. The property is underlain by Archean granitic rocks intruding Burwash Formation sediments of the Yellowknife Supergroup.
A diamondiferous kimberlite occurs beneath a small bay near the mouth of Drybones Bay on the adjacent property. Airborne and limited ground magnetic surveys have been conducted over the property and 21 holes totalling 5550 meters have been drilled in the kimberlite body on the adjacent property.
The airborne geophysics indicates the occurrence of two anomalies on the property with close affinities to the anomaly associated with the kimberlite. A program to define the airborne magnetic anomalies, consisting of ground magnetic surveys and initial drilling is recommended.
GTEN 9
Encore has acquired by option agreement, the GTEN #9 mineral claim located 50 kilometres southeast of the city of Yellowknife, NWT. on the eastern shore of Great Slave Lake. The property is underlain by Archean granitic rocks intruding Burwash Formation sediments of the Yellowknife Supergroup.
A diamondiferous kimberlite occurs beneath a small bay near the mouth of Drybones Bay to the north west of this property.
The airborne geophysics indicates the occurrence of anomalies on the property with close affinities to the anomaly associated with the kimberlite. A program to define the airborne magnetic anomalies, consisting of ground magnetic surveys and initial drilling is recommended.
GTEN 16
The GTen 16 property is adjacent to the Drybones Bay, Great Slave Lake, kimberlite camp approximately 55 km. S.E. of Yellowknife NWT. Encore has an option to earn a 49% interest in GTEN 16.
GTen 16 is located 15 kilometres northeast of Snowfield's Mud Lake kimberlite discovery and approximately 18 kilometres east of New Shoshoni's two diamondiferous kimberlite pipe discoveries.
An initial drill hole was completed on one target from the ice in 2005.
The drill was then moved to test the Defeat Lake anomaly of New Shoshoni's Fate Claim (CGW was granted a 10% interest for its part).
Delineation geophysics on the GTEN 16 has outlined a strong high and low magnetic anomaly on the GTEN 16 claim which is typical of kimberlites elsewhere. The high was tested from the ice in 2005 and the low remains to be drill tested.