Under projects(top left) and then if you click on diamond exploration you will find this information. I find it funny that they are spending money on other areas of the project rather than the original project area. Is this a hint, that they hit something and are going after the hot spot? I have a guess that if this is the case they will release the results right before they are ready to drill more. This could be late March or eraly April? With that said, they must be happy with the original zone, that it is enough to take to production. Also the deeper extensions of the West Zone, West Zone Extension, 119, 119 Extension and South discovery zone are not being drilled this year. Does this mean that they will wait to drillt hat once they are in production and can carry on underground drilling? Would underground drilling be alot cheaper to drill than above ground? I would think it would as you don't have to go through several hundreds of metres of waste rock above the massive sulphides?

Anyways, here is what the website says about the diamond/gold exploration for this year;

Diamond Exploration

During the 2005 and 2006 field programs, Starfield's exploration staff collected 1100 widely spaced till samples from various areas of Starfield Resources' claims. The samples remained in secure storage at the project until, as part of the 2008 exploration program, they were sieved and shipped for processing and mineralogical study.

Within the first 12% of samples studied, two significant results were obtained. Sample TDS5-125 contained a significant number of indicator garnet grains, and sample TDS5-126 contained a small diamond consistent with the screen size. Both samples were located within close proximity to one of ten areas that were previously identified by geophysics as highly prospective for diamonds.

Click here to view the microdiamond found in sample TDS5-126.


The primary focus of the 2009 Exploration Program is to further evaluate the diamond, gold and massive sulphide potential of Starfield’s large land holding. The proposed program consists of:

• flying a detailed aeromagnetic and Digem survey
  
• conducting a follow-up till sampling program with related sample processing and mineralogical studies
  
• conducting a small diamond drilling program to test possible kimberlite, gold and massive sulphide targets identified by either the airborne geophysics or ground reconnaissance and till sample results.

Digem Survey
The airborne survey will consist of detailed aeromagnetics and Digem (a frequency domain EM). The Digem data will be more useful in identifying kimberlites and planar strictures, like quartz veins, than the existing VTEM data. Although this survey will be focused on the Y Lake trend, it will also cover the area in which the recent microdiamond was found, two other highly prospective kimberlite targets located respectively southwest and northeast of the Y Lake trend, and the area surrounding another three high prospective kimberlite targets located immediately north of the East Zone.

Till Sampling
A till sampling program will be undertaken to follow-up on the results obtained during the 2005 and 2006 till sampling efforts, as well as any targets identified by the 2009 airborne geophysics survey. This program will consist of the collection, processing and mineralogical studies of approximately 1,000 samples.

Drilling
The 2009 drilling program has two objectives. The first is to undertake a preliminary drilling program on possible kimberlite targets identified by the 2009 airborne geophysics program and/or the results of the previous till sampling. The second objective is the continued evaluation of the Y Lake trend for gold and massive sulphide mineralization. This drilling will be directed at the highest potential parts of this trend based on existing geochemical results and information obtained from the new airborne geophysical data.