Subject: Kikerk (Kikkiktalik) Project-Update
From: "Shirley Standafer Pfister" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jack Kaniak" <[email-masked]>, "Rita Becker" <[email-masked]>, "Michael Immaroitok" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 15:23:47 -0600

Greetings to our Regulators,

Please note the following update:

Kikerk (Kikkiktalik) Project -- governed by #NWB2KIK0002 (as amended 20/IV/2001) and #N2001C0007:

Kikerk Spring Drill Programme - 2001:
A 2-week drill programme of 6 holes to approximately 200m each currently is under way. Due to spring blizzards, core-drilling of the Knife Lake kimberlite in the Tree 1 claim was delayed, and commenced on 25 May rather than on 11 May as originally planned. 

There is no camp associated with this activity, and all personnel are commuting from Kugluktuk; diesel for the drill has been purchased locally. No more than 10 drums (approximately 2 000L) is on site at any given time, with empties being returned to Kugluktuk.

Ground-based Mag. and EM geophysical surveying has been completed over the area of the Knife Lake kimberlite pipe. The first borehole was completed 28 May to an EOH depth of 234m, and the second hole is in progress and being drilled from the same setup. The lake ice is very competent and remains insulated by snow-cover. Due to the efficiency of the Boart Longyear drillcrew and the shallow overburden (roughly 3m), drilling progress has been good, despite the initial delay; the project is expected to conclude on 05 or 06 June.

The purpose of the programme, as stated in my previous update, is to delineate the size and internal structure of the Knife Lake kimberlite, first intersected by DBCE last year.

Community Activity:
Due to the late start of the programme and the other community commitments (e.g., impending regulatory presentations by Tahera Corp. which will occupy community time), it has been decided to postpone the elders' site visit to Knife Lake. The project geologist has discussed this informally with Kugluktumiut, and this appears acceptable. Photographs have been taken at drill-side, and a  community presentation and visit with the regulators (as well as possible attendance of the consulting archaeologist) still is planned for autumn, 2001.

I trust the above is informative of our current and planned activities.

Koana and best regards,

-- ssp