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Chidliak Project

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 Location:
132 km NE from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

  Project Contacts:
1601 Airport Road NE, Suite 300
Calgary
Alberta, Canada
T2E 6Z8
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Overview

StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Diamond
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Dense media separation
  • Magnetic separation
  • X-Ray sorting
Mine Life13 years (as of Jan 1, 2018)
Latest NewsPeregrine Diamonds Files 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report for the Chidliak Project     July 6, 2018


Owners

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
De Beers Canada Inc. 100 % Indirect

Deposit Type

  • Kimberlite


Summary:

Kimberlites and lamproites are volcanic and subvolcanic varieties of ultramafic rocks and are the main hosts for terrestrial diamonds. The vast majority of global primary diamond mines are hosted in kimberlite, and this rock type is the target at the Chidliak project. Kimberlites are mantle-derived, volatile-rich ultramafic magmas that transport diamonds from depths of 150 to 200 km to the earth’s surface, together with fragments of mantle rocks from which the diamonds are directly derived (primarily peridotite and eclogite). Kimberlites occur at surface as volcanic pipes, irregular shaped intrusions, or sheet-like intrusions (dykes or sills). Due to the wide range of settings for kimberlite emplacement, as well as varying properties of the kimberlite magma itself (most notably volatile content), kimberlite volcanoes can take a wide range of forms and be infilled by a variety of deposit types, even within a single kimberlite field, like Chidliak.

The Chidliak kimberlites are stratified bodies and different pipes contain different types of infill ranging from VK (Volcaniclastic Kimberlite) only to mixed VK, ACK (Apparent Coherent Kimberlite) and CK (Coherent Kimberlite) deposits (referred to as combined infill pipes). None of the Chidliak pipes contain massive VK-type infills like observed in many southern African kimberlites and in Canadian pipes at Gahcho Kué or Renard (Field and Scott Smith, 1999; Field et al., 2008, Fitzgerald et al., 2009; Hetman et al., 2004). The Chidliak kimberlites also differ from many other Canadian kimberlites, such as those found at Fort à la Corne and Lac de Gras. The Fort à la Corne kimberlites are large, shallow, champagne-glass-shaped pipes infilled entirely with pyroclastic kimberlite. The Lac de Gras pipes are small, steep-sided pipes characterized by an abundance of resedimented volcaniclastic kimberlite (RVK) and associated PK (Pyroclastic Kimberlite) (Field and Scott Smith, 1999; Scott Smith, 2008).

The Chidliak kimberlites do however have similarities to those at Victor in the Attawapiskat region (van Straaten et al., 2009) with respect to their general emplacement and types of pipe infill. The timing of kimberlite magmatism at Chidliak roughly corresponds with that of some of the younger intrusions in the Attawapiskat province (Heaman et al. 2012), which were also intruded into a Paleozoic carbonate-dominated sequence. Unlike at Chidliak, some of the Paleozoic strata are preserved in the Attawapiskat region and the Chidliak bodies may be deeper analogues of Victortype PKs (Pell et al., 2013).

The diamond content of the Chidliak pipes is controlled by the efficiency of sampling diamondiferous mantle material at depths of 150 to 200 km, and rapid transport to surface. At Chidliak, any kimberlite with significant total mantle-derived garnet content is assessed as potentially having significant diamond content, especially if eclogitic or websteritic garnets are present (Pell et al., 2013).


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

It is planned to open pit (OP) mine the Chidliak CH-6 and CH-7 deposits. Mining of the deposits will produce a total of 9.5 Mt of processing plant feed and 75.1 Mt of waste (7.9:1 overall strip ratio) over a 13-year mine life.

The current life of mine (LOM) plan focuses on achieving consistent plant feed production rates, and early mining of higher value material, as well as balancing grade and strip ratios.

The pit shells for Chidliak were further analyzed and optimizations were conducted in order to better define the possible stage shapes within the ultimate pit limits. It was decided to divide the pit sequence into three stages at CH-6 and two stages at CH-7 for the mine plan development to maximize the grade in the early years, reduce the pre stripping requirements, and to maintain the process facility at full production capacity.

The current LOM plan focuses on achieving consistent processing feed production rates, mining of higher value material early in the schedule, balancing grade and strip ratios, while trying to maximize NPV. Mining would commence at CH-6 and then moves onto CH-7 later in the mine life.

Year -1 represents the planned commencement of pre-stripping at CH-6. The average mining rate over the LOM will be 16,500 t/d, reaching a maximum of 28,200 t/d from Year 1 to Year 6. During full production, the mine, on average, is estimated to produce 1.3 Mct/a with a LOM average mining head grade of 1.8 ct/t.

Waste material from CH-6 will be used to construct the TMF containment facility and also be placed in a waste rock storage facility (WRSF) adjacent to the pit. Waste material from CH-7 will be placed in a separate WRSF near the CH-7 deposit.

Stockpiling of run-of-mine ore is intentionally limited, with small amounts of plant feed stockpiled adjacent to the process plant in the pre-strip period (111 kt).


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Dense media separation
  • Magnetic separation
  • X-Ray sorting

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Summary:

The process plant site will be located near the CH-6 deposit and plant feed from both CH-6 and CH-7 will be hauled to the plant with the mine truck fleet.

The Chidliak process plant will have a capacity of 2,000 t/d (0.7 Mt/a). The preliminary flowsheet is based on existing Canadian diamond mine operations and will be optimized at a later engineering stage when process and equipment specific test work results become available. Kimberlite processing and diamond recovery at Chidliak will involve:
- Run of Mine (ROM) stockpiles - to allow kimberlite blending and oversize waste rock removal;
- Primary and secondary crushing - jaw and cone crusher plants;
- Crushed feed stockpile - to provide buffer capacity between primary crushing and the main plant;
- Scrubbing and de-gritting – fines removal, friable rock and clay deagglomeration;
- Tertiary crushing – high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGR), diamond liberation, fines generation;
- DMS - heavy miner ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameterAvg. LOM
Diamond Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required
Diamond Head Grade, carats/t 1.79
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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Diamond M carats 1.317
All production numbers are expressed as mineral.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
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* According to 2018 study.
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Reserves at May 23, 2018:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained carats
Inferred 12.45 Mt Diamond 1.78 carats/t 22.19 M carats

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
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Operating Costs:

Units2018
OP mining costs ($/t milled) CAD 42.8 *
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* According to 2018 study.
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2018 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

MetricsUnitsLOM Total
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Closure costs $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
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OP OpEx $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
Processing OpEx $M CAD 170.2
Site services costs $M CAD 97
G&A costs $M CAD 179.3
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Income Taxes $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
Total Taxes $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
Gross revenue (LOM) $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
Net revenue (LOM) $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
Pre-tax Cash Flow (LOM) $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
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Pre-tax NPV @ 7.5% $M CAD  ......  Subscription required
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of May 23, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required 4
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Oct 26, 2019
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2018
................................... Subscription required 2018
................................... Subscription required 2018
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Preliminary Economic Assessment 2016
Press Release 2016
Technical Report 2016
Technical Report 2015
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News:

NewsDate
Peregrine Diamonds Files 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report for the Chidliak Project July 6, 2018
Peregrine Diamonds: New Chidliak PEA increases Phase One Life of Mine diamond production by 44% to 16.7 million carats May 23, 2018
Peregrine Diamonds Files Updated Technical Report for Chidliak Project April 2, 2018

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