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Exploration for has a long and Patriot Diamonds to fitful history in Larimer County, where Superior Oil, Cominco, DiamonEx and other give in companies have searched and mined for diamonds in spurts over the last 50 years. Larimer County a DiamonEx's Kelsey Lake mine opened in northern Larimer County in the new spark late-1990s, but shuttered after only a few years of operation.

Most of the county's kimberlite deposits Written by have been explored thoroughly, but only Bobby Magill the deposit at Kelsey Lake ever proved [email protected] financially viable for mining, Kelsey Lake 11:15 PM, Jul. 30, 2011| diamond prospector Howard Coopersmith said in 2009. Mining for home-grown, or "patriot," diamonds in Larimer County may soon get Coopersmith, of Fort Collins, was a a new spark of life. consultant for North American Minerals, a now-defunct company based in New York Roosevelt National Forest officials are City and Calgary that had planned to mine considering Calgary, Alberta-based Patriot for kimberlite on four parcels of land in Diamonds, Inc.'s proposal to drill for Roosevelt National Forest. diamond-containing kimberlite deposits at 11 sites in the Chicken Park area of North American Minerals' marketing northern Larimer County. strategy was simple, company operator Yosi Lapid said in 2009: "Buy American - The company wants to drill for the material without building new roads or processing Advertisement the kimberlite on the site, which is north of Red Feather Lakes and south of the North Fork of the Poudre River. Kimberlite is a volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds.

"We expect a decision by September, but it could be sooner," Roosevelt National Forest spokeswoman Reghan Cloudman said Friday.

She said the company's drilling proposal is proprietary and unavailable to the public.

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buy patriot diamonds. Mined, polished and Get Listed Here distributed in the U.S.A." Ads by Pulse 360 Banks Write Off Billions in Credit His dreams of selling Larimer County's Debt patriot diamonds never panned out, See If You Qualify for Debt Settlement! however. www.LowerMyBills.com/Debt Drivers. July 2011. "North American Minerals just ran out of If you live in Colorado, you need to learn about this loophole to get insurance for $9! money, ran out of steam," Coopersmith, ConsumerAutoSource.com Patriot Diamonds, Inc.'s local Fort Collins: Dermatologists Hate representative, said last week. Her! Local Mom Exposes an Anti-Aging Miracle. Her Patriot Diamonds, Inc. plans to explore for $5 Trick ERASES Wrinkles! diamonds in the area over a span of three www.uslifestyle.com or four years, said company director Todd

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"A lot of big diamonds have been pulled out of there," he said. "I like the area."

He said it takes time to amass the "tonnage" of kimberlite necessary to make a diamond operation worthwhile.

Should the U.S. Forest Service grant Patriot Diamonds Inc. its mining permit, the company would be allowed to operate in Chicken Park for up to 60 days over one year, Cloudman said. Advertisement

The company's mining operation likely would be granted a permit under a "categorical exclusion," a type of federal review of the mining application that requires a very low level of environmental analysis, Cloudman said.

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