Karelian Diamond hones exploration area at Lahtojoki South
“We have applied for an exploration permit over the area and look forward to receiving the results on the kimberlite material from the boulder site"
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Karelian Diamond Resources is exploring for diamonds and evaluating existing diamond prospects in the Karelian Craton of Finland. The Karelian Craton is comparable in size to the diamond-rich Slave Lake Craton in Canada, which stretches across north-eastern Russia and northern Finland.
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“We have applied for an exploration permit over the area and look forward to receiving the results on the kimberlite material from the boulder site"
The Lahtojoki kimberlite pipe shows considerable potential
The company has significant experience of operating in Finland
Kimberlite boulders have previously been discovered in the Lahtojoki South area
The group said the successful placing was for 10,500,000 ordinary shares of €0.00025 each at a price of 4p per ordinary share, a discount of 23.8% to the closing mid-market price on Monday
Karelian is close to being granted a full mining permit for Lahtojoki
Finland is highly prospective for diamonds, and Karelian has years of on-the-ground know-how
It is thought there could be a cluster of kimberlite pipes in the vicinity
“After a year of exploration success, we have built on that with significant progress towards identifying the source of the green diamond and, post period, the discovery of Orangeite"
The results essentially mirrored encouraging historic data generated from areas nearby
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