Renewed Interest in Diamond Exploration Prompts Reevaluation of
Grizzly's Dormant Alberta Diamond Project; Company Stakes
Additional Claims in Buffalo Head Hills
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2014) - Grizzly
Discoveries Inc. (TSX-VENTURE:GZD)(OTCQX:GZDIF)(FRANKFURT:G6H)
("Grizzly" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has
acquired additional permits (the "New Permits") for its Alberta
Diamonds Project by staking 34,496 hectares (85,241 acres) of
highly prospective lands for diamond-bearing kimberlites in the
Buffalo Head Hills area of North-central Alberta. These additional
claims add to the 57,529 hectares (142,157 acres) already held by
the Company's Alberta Diamond Project in the Buffalo Head Hills
area. The Company's Alberta Diamond Project hosts at least 7
kimberlites, to date 3 of which have been identified with
microdiamonds.
Subsequent to staking the New Permits, the Company's Alberta
Diamond Project now covers 92,025 hectares (227,399 acres) of the
Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field, for which Grizzly has the
exclusive rights to explore for metallic and industrial minerals.
The Alberta Diamond Project permits are in good standing until
dates ranging from late 2014 to 2027, subject to biannual
assessment work. Grizzly has conducted exploration in the Buffalo
Head Hills kimberlite field since 1997 completing numerous
geophysical and heavy-mineral indicator surveys, and discovering
three new diamondiferous kimberlite bodies in 2008 and 2009,
bringing the total number of kimberlites within Grizzly's Buffalo
Head Hills kimberlite field-hosted Alberta Diamond Project to
seven.
Grizzly's Alberta Diamond Project lies within the Buffalo Head
Hills kimberlite field, which is located approximately 35 to 45
kilometers northwest of the Hamlet of Red Earth Creek, Alberta, and
approximately 330 kilometers northwest of Edmonton, Alberta. 41
kimberlites have been discovered by various parties in the Buffalo
Head Hills kimberlite field, an area of approximately 2,500 square
kilometres representing the third largest known district of
significant diamond-bearing kimberlites in Canada after Lac de
Gras, Northwest Territories and Fort à la Corne, Saskatchewan. The
diamondiferous Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field has generated
exploration interest due to the relatively large kimberlite
dimensions (up to 45 hectares), encouraging diamond contents (up to
55 carats per hundred tonnes with the presence of some colored
diamonds), and high ratio of diamondiferous to barren kimberlite
(28 of 41 kimberlites tested contain diamonds). The Buffalo Head
Hills Joint Venture (unrelated to the Company), comprised of
Canterra Minerals Corporation (33%), Shore Gold Inc. (33%) and
Encana Corporation (34%) currently hold five kimberlite bodies in
the field which have undergone mini-bulk and bulk sampling (between
22 and 616 tonnes): kimberlites K6, K11, K14, K91 and K252.
The potential for discovery of additional diamondiferous
kimberlites within Grizzly's Buffalo Head Hills properties is
considered high based upon the favourable regional geological
setting and the positive results of exploration conducted to date
by Grizzly. Grizzly's geological consultants, APEX Geoscience Ltd.
of Edmonton, Alberta, have recommended that, subject to financing,
Grizzly proceed with exploration on two fronts. First, bulk sample
the BE-2 and BE-3 kimberlites discovered by the Company in 2008,
which returned close to 1 microdiamond per kilogram during the 2008
drilling campaign. Second, proceed to drill test the numerous high
priority targets that Grizzly has identified in the region in order
to continue the search for new diamondiferous kimberlites.
Particularly, Grizzly will focus on kimberlites with a weak
magnetic signature, which have tended to yield better diamond
counts in the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field.
Based on these recommendations, Grizzly has staked its new lands
in the vicinity of the Buffalo Head Hills Joint Venture's K6, K11,
K14, K91 and K252 kimberlites and plans to conduct new detailed
ground geophysical surveys, combined with the acquisition of
detailed lidar and airborne orthophoto data, in the search for new
kimberlites in the vicinity of what are considered to be the best
kimberlites yet discovered in the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite
field.
The Company has not conducted significant exploration work on
its Alberta Diamond Project since the kimberlite discoveries in
2008, however has maintained in good standing the permits covering
the discovered kimberlites and identified targets deemed to be of
the highest prospectivity. In addition to the encouraging
exploration results obtained by the Company and by other unrelated
parties which have conducted exploration in the area, the Buffalo
Head Hills region contains infrastructure, utilities, skilled
labour, roads and access that would potentially be required to
economically develop a diamond mine.
Grizzly is evaluating strategies for the renewal exploration at
its Alberta Diamond Project, which was the Company's initial
project during its initial public offering in 2004 (under the name
Grizzly Diamonds Ltd.). This has been prompted by the renewed
interest in diamond exploration by a number of companies across
Canada, indicating a resurgence in market sentiment towards diamond
exploration. The Company will consider both undertaking its own
drill program, as well as pursuing the possibilities of joint
ventures on its Buffalo Head Hills properties. Grizzly is actively
seeking equity funding and/or joint venture partners to invest in
further diamond exploration at its Alberta Diamond Project in the
Buffalo Head Hills area.
ABOUT GRIZZLY DISCOVERIES INC.
Grizzly is a diversified Canadian mineral exploration company
with its primary listing on the TSX Venture Exchange with 48.7
million shares issued, focused on developing significant Potash
assets in Alberta and its precious metals properties in
southeastern British Columbia. The Company holds, or has an
interest in: metallic and industrial mineral permits for potash
totaling more than 900,000 acres along the Alberta-Saskatchewan
border; over 235,000 acres of precious-base metal properties in
British Columbia; and more than 200,000 acres in properties which
host diamondiferous kimberlites in the Buffalo Head Hills and Birch
Mountains of Alberta.
The content of this news release and the Company's technical
disclosure has been reviewed and approved by Michael B. Dufresne,
M. Sc., P. Geol., who is the Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects.
On behalf of the Board
Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Brian Testo, President
(780) 693-2242
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