North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. April 7 reported that the 2015 exploration program at its Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut has significantly increased the mineral resource for the CH-6 kimberlite pipe.

The upper 260 meters of CH-6 now contains 4.64 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 2.45 carats per metric ton (11.39 million carats) diamonds.

This marks a 40 percent increase in tonn...