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November 26, 2008

Peregrine Diamonds And Peregrine Metals Mutually Terminate Merger Discussions

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine") and Peregrine Metals Ltd. ("Metals") announce that their respective Boards of Directors have mutually agreed to terminate discussions to effect a business combination bet...
 
November 24, 2008

Peregrine Announces Exercise Of Earn-In Rights At Chidliak, Baffin Island

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to report that BHP Billiton has elected to exercise its earn-in rights for the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak property ("Chidl...
 
November 18, 2008

Peregrine Discovers 2.01 Carat Gem Quality Diamond in CH-1 Kimberlite at Chidliak, Baffin Island; 2.28 Tonne Sample from CH-1 Returns Diamond Content of 1.56 Carats Per Tonne

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to report the discovery of a 2.01 carat, gem quality, clear colourless octahedron diamond in a 2.28 tonne sample collected from ...
 
October 28, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Diamonds In Two More Kimberlites At Chidliak, Baffin Island;
New Results from CH-1 Kimberlite Supports Coarse Diamond Size Distribution

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to report the discovery of diamonds in the CH-2 and CH-3 kimberlites, and a new diamond result from the CH-1 kimberlite that exhibits ...
 
September 10, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Third Kimberlite At Chidliak, Baffin Island

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to announce a third kimberlite discovery on the Chidliak property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The kimberlite, des...
 
September 09, 2008

Peregrine Diamonds Announces Closing of Private Placement

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $2.8 million. A total of 5,3...
 
September 03, 2008

Peregrine Announces New Kimberlite Discovery at Nanuq North, Nunavut

Peregrine Increases Nanuq Land Position by 113,000 Hectares Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new kimberlite, estimated at 4.5 hectares ...
 
August 29, 2008

Peregrine To Raise $3.0 Million

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine") (TSX:PGD) today announced a non-brokered private placement of 5,700,000 common shares at a price of $0.53 per share for gross proceeds of $3,021,000. All of the common shares under th...
 
August 25, 2008

Peregrine Announces New Canadian Diamond Discovery at Chidliak, Baffin Island

Second Outcropping Kimberlite Discovered at Chidliak Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to announce a new diamond discovery at the estimated six hectare CH-1 kimberlite on the Chidliak pr...
 
August 13, 2008

Peregrine Metals Reports Independent Resource for Altar Porphyry Copper Project

• Measured and Indicated Resource of 250.5 million tonnes grading 0.52% copper (2.87 billion lbs contained copper - 0.4% copper cut-off)
 
August 07, 2008

Chidliak Property Update: Size Of Airborne Geophysical Survey To Increase By 30 Percent After Kimberlite Discovery

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to provide an update on exploration activitie...
 
July 23, 2008

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Discovers Kimberlite At Chidliak, Baffin Island; Estimated Kimberlite Size: Six Hectares

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report the discovery of a new kimberlite o...
 
July 09, 2008

Peregrine Metals Intersects 718 Meters Of 0.72% Copper Including 322 Meters Of 0.90% Copper At The Altar Project, Argentina

Peregrine Metals Ltd. is pleased to announce the results of diamond drill hole DDH-ALD-43 at the company's Altar porphyry copper project in San Juan Province, Argentina ("Altar"). DDH-ALD-43 intersected...
 
July 07, 2008

New Director Appointments to Peregrine Diamonds and Peregrine Metals

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Diamonds") and Peregrine Metals Ltd. ("Metals") are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert Boyd to the board of directors of Diamonds and Ms. Chantal Gosselin to the board of directors of Metals. Mr. Boyd is a senior mining executive with over 30 years experience in exploration, executive-level management, ...
 
June 24, 2008

DO-27 Diamond Project Indicated Mineral Resource: 19.5 Million Tonnes, 94 CPHT, 18.2 Million Carats

Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Brooke Clements, President of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report a Canadian NI-43-101-compliant indicated mineral resource of 18.2 mi...
 
June 03, 2008

Peregrine Diamonds and Peregrine Metals Plan to Merge as a New, Multi-Commodity Resource Company

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Diamonds") and Peregrine Metals Ltd. ("Metals") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a letter of intent for the purpose of effecting a business combination whereby the two companies will ...
 
February 28, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Strong Platinum And Base Metal Anomalies On Chidliak, Baffin Island

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report that the Company has discovered three separate areas with high conc...
 
February 20, 2008

Peregrine To Raise $5.0 Million

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX:PGD) today announced that it intends to proceed with a non-brokered private placement of common shares and units for gross proceed...
 
February 19, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Three Separate Areas with High Concentrations of Kimberlitic Indicator Minerals on Chidliak, Baffin Island

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report that the Company has discovered three separate areas with high conc...
 
February 14, 2008

Peregrine To Drill High Priority Kimberlite-Type Geophysical Anomalies In Manitoba

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report that the Company is planning to drill four to six...
 
February 12, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Strong and Large Scale Uranium Anomalies on Baffin Island and Acquires 1.3 Million Hectares of New Mineral Permits

Mr. Brooke Clements, President and Mr. Eric Friedland, Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") are pleased to report that the Company has discovered strong, large scale uranium anomali...