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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 between the two companies. On June 3, 2008, Peregrine and Metals announced that they had entered into a letter of intent for the purpose of e...
 
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 ("Chidliak" or "the Property"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. In 2005, Peregrine entered into an exploration agreement with BHP Billiton regarding a diamond explo...
 
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 the CH-1 kimberlite during the 2008 summer field season. The CH-1 kimberlite is located on the 9,800 square kilometre Chidliak property ("Chidliak"), Baffi...
 
October 28, 2008

Peregrine Discovers Diamonds In Two More Kimberlites At Chidliak, Baffin Island;

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 a coarse diamond size distribution. The CH-1, CH-2 an...
 
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, designated CH-3, is represented by a collection of kimberlite cobbles and boulders discovered within the boundaries of a semi-circular geophysica...
 
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 5,306,407 common shares at a price of $0.53 per share were sold under the private placement on a "flow-through" basis pursuant to the Income Tax ...
 
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 in size, on the 33,000 hectare Nanuq North property ("Nanuq North") in Nunavut, Canada. Nanuq North is situated just nort...
 
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 the private placement will be issued on a "flow-through" basis pursuant to the Income Tax Act (Canada) and purchased by institutio...
 
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 property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. In addition, a second outcropping kimberlite, CH-2, estimated to be ...
 
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 activities on the Chidliak property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. On July 23, 2008, Peregrine announced the discovery of a new kimberlite with an es...
 
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 on the Chidliak property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A kimberlite outcrop was discovered within a circular magnetic anomaly selected from a...
 
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 718.90 metres averaging 0.72% Cu, from 210.00 metres to the end of the hole at 928.90 metres. Included in this intersection is a high-grade chalco...
 
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 million carats in 19.5 million tonnes of kimberlite for the nine hectare DO-27 kimberlite. The estimated grade of the indic...
 
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 merge to form a new multi-commodity resource company to be called Peregrine Resources Ltd. ("Peregrine Resources"). Both ...
 
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 concentrations of metals indicator minerals on the Chidliak Property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Canada. Chidliak is situate...
 
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 proceeds of up to $5.03 million. A total of 5,750,000 common shares at a price of $0.44 per share will be sold under the private ...
 
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 concentrations of kimberlitic indicator minerals ("KIMs") on the Chidliak Property ("Chidliak"), Baffin Island, Canada. Chidl...
 
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 high priority kimberlite-type magnetic anomalies in northern Manitoba, Canada, in March and April, 2008. The anomalies, which vary between...
 
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 anomalies that were identified as a result of Peregrine's on-going diamond exploration programs on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada...