North Arrow drills new kimberlite at Mel Diamond Project, Nunavut

24 September 2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. reports completion of an exploration drilling and till sampling program at the company's 100% owned Mel Diamond Project, Nunavut. The program represents the first ever exploration drilling of this new kimberlite field and also included work focused on generation of new targets through till sampling and geophysical surveys. The Mel Project is well located, approximately 20 km from tidewater and work was conducted from an exploration camp established approximately 140 km south and 210 km northeast of the Hamlets of Hall Beach and Naujaat, respectively.

Highlights include:

• Kimberlite intersected in five holes that reached their target depth;
• 787.5 total metres of drilling completed in six holes;
• Diamondiferous kimberlite ML8 extended by drilling to over 170m in strike length;
• Discovery of kimberlite ML345, approximately 1.5 km south of ML8;
• 224 kg of kimberlite collected from ML8 and presently undergoing microdiamond analysis;
• Magnetic surveys completed over 14 ground grids;
• Collection of 447 till samples to better define existing and new targets within the 56,075 ha property.
   

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