| anomalous: | a geological feature, distinguished by geological, geophysical or geochemical means, which is different from the general surroundings and is often of potential economic value. |
| Archean: | the earlier part of Precambrian time. |
| arsenopyrite: | a tin-grey-steel white sulphide mineral. |
| ASC: | the Alberta Securities Commission. |
| carat or ct: | a unit of weight for diamonds, pearls or other gems, equivalent to 0.2 of a gram or 200 milligrams. |
| caustic fusion: | a process to determine micro and macro diamond content by utilizing caustic material to dissolve the host kimberlite material. |
| CDNX: | the Canadian Venture Exchange |
| chromite: | a brownish to iron-black mineral of the spinel group, commonly found in basic to ultrabasic rocks and kimberlite. |
| Churchill Structural Province: | an Archean age continental crust which makes up part of the Canadian Shield. |
| craton: | a part of the Earth.s crust which has attained stability and which has been little deformed for a prolonged period, generally found in the central regions of continents. |
| DIM: | means diamond indicator mineral. |
| Diamond: | a naturally forming crystalline form of pure carbon occurring under extreme pressures and temperatures. |
| diamondiferous: | any substance containing or yielding diamonds. |
| dyke: | a tabular intrusive body that cuts across the planar structure of the surrounding rock. |
| EM: | electromagnetic geophysical survey method. |
| facies: | the aspect, appearance and characteristics of a rock, usually reflecting the conditions of its origin. |
| g Au/t: | grams of gold per tonne. |
| garnet: | "a group of silicate minerals occurring in igneous or metamorphic rock types. |
| grade: | number of ore-mineral content in a physical unit of ore; for diamonds grade is usually expressed in carats per tonne. |
GORR or Gross
Overriding Royalty: | a royalty amount of the gross sales derived from any mineral, metals, diamonds, precious stones, ore minerals, concentrates or any other mineral resource. |
| GSC: | the Geological Survey of Canada. |
| HLEM: | geophysical survey method abbreviation for Horizontal Loop Electromagnetic. |
| indicator minerals: | minerals formed together with diamonds at great depths and brought to the surface by the same kimberlites. Common indicator minerals include pyropes, ilmenite, chrome-diopside and chromite. |
| iron formation: | a chemical sedimentary rock, typically thin-bedded, containing at least 15% iron of sedimentary origin. |
| kimberlite: | a type of igneous rock, the most common host rock for diamonds. It is formed at great depths and is forced to the surface as volcanic pipes, dykes and sills. |
| km: | kilometre. |
| Laurentide: | means the continental ice sheet (glacier) during the Quaternary. |
| m: | metre. |
| macro-diamond: | a diamond that has a dimension in excess of 0.5 mm in one direction. |
| magnetite: | a black, strongly magnetic mineral of the spinel group. |
| mantle: | the zone of the Earth beneath the crust and above the core. |
| micro-diamond: | a diamond, no dimension of which exceeds 0.5 mm. |
| mineralization: | a natural aggregate of one or more valuable minerals. |
| mm: | millimetre. |
Net Smelter Royalty
or NSR: | a royalty payment made by a producer of metals, normally to a previous property owner, based on gross mineral production from the property, less deduction of certain costs. |
| nT: | nanoTesla, a unit of magnetic field strength. |
| NT: | the Northwest Territories, Canada. |
| NWT Ltd.: | 974134 N.W.T. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shear Minerals Ltd. created to hold mineral rights in the Northwest and Nunavut Territories. |
| NU: | the Nunavut Territory, Canada |
| oxide: | a mineral compound characterized by the linkage of oxygen with one or more metallic elements, such as magnetite. |
| pipe: | an intrusive body that has a three-dimensional vertical shape of a cylinder or a cone. |
| ppb: | parts per billion. |
| ppm: | parts per million. |
| Precambrian: | all geological time before the beginning of the Paleozoic, it is equivalent to 90% of geologic time. |
| Proterozoic: | means the more recent of the two great divisions of the Precambrian. |
| pyrite: | a common yellow sulphide mineral with a brilliant metallic shine, often referred to as "fools gold". |
| pyrrhotite: | a common red to brown sulphide mineral. |
| Quaternary: | the second time period of the Cenozoic era, thought to cover the last two or three million years and extending into the present. |
| Range: | a mountain range. |
| sandstone: | a sedimentary rock composed of grains of sand set in a matrix of clay or silt. |
| shale: | a fine-grained sedimentary rock formed by compaction of clay, silt or mud, that splits readily along planar surfaces. |
| Slave Structural Province: | an Archean age continental crust which makes up part of the Canadian Shield, located in the Northwest and Nunavut Territories. |
| sulphide: | a mineral compound characterized by the linkage of sulphur with another metal, often associated with ecomonic metal concentrations. |
| sulphidic: | a rock that is rich in sulphides. |
| surficial: | pertaining to or lying on the surface of the earth. Surficial geology is the study of surficial deposits including soils and is applied to the study of bedrock at or near the surface of the earth. |
| TSX: | TSX Venture Exchange |
| USA: | the United States of America |
| VLF-EM: | electromagnetic geophysical survey method using very low frequency wavelength. |
