The search then shifted to the Gatineau River and to its streams and tributaries flowing from the west. The next pyrope was located where a stream enters the Picanoc River south of Usborne Lake. Some nodules of lime yellow montmorillanite clay were also extracted from this same sample site.

Additional stream sampling continued northwards with no other pyrope garnets being found until a stream sample was extracted from the Colounge River near Bryson Lake. This sample yielded several pyrope garnets, and one garnet that had a lilac-purple colour that was believed to be a G10 pyrope. The grain was never submitted for micro-probe analysis. However, the belief at the time was that the source lay somewhere to the northwest, and since access by road was difficult, the search shifted to taking samples from the Noire River which drained the region to the West of Bryson Lake.

Serious exploration was sporadic, until August 1992 when a chance meeting took place between Desmond Burke and Dr. Viktor Gushchin. Dr. Gushchin an experienced diamond geologist, was in Canada on an exchange program between the Geological Survey of Canada, Carleton University and the University of Saint Petersburg in Russia. Dr. Gushchin had been involved with the Russian diamond discovery in Arkangelsk and was employed as a consultant with the Canadian Mining firm - Cominco.

A trip was arranged to the Bryson Lake region where panned stream samples were taken. The samples were brought back to Carleton University in Ottawa and examined by Dr. Gushchin. Several samples yielded pyrope garnets as well as other indicator minerals.

Based upon these results a company was organized in the fall of 1992, (2891395 Canada Ltd.). The name was later changed to Bryson-Burke Resources Limited (BBR).

At about this time a wide spread regional geo-chemical sampling program was initiated to delineate the discovery, and additional sampling confirmed the existence of all-manner of diamond indicator minerals along with an extremely high number of micro-diamonds. Micro-diamonds were submitted to Dr. Sharnovski of the All Russian Diamond Institute in Saint Petersburg Russia for analysis.

Monopros Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of DeBeers Consolidated Mines of South Africa issued an 'Option Offer' for the discovery which was rejected. The Option was immediately replaced by a 'Joint Venture' offer which was also rejected upon receipt. Approximately eight months later Monopros confirmed the rejection of their offer by formally withdrawing it.

During this interval Bryson-Burke Resources Ltd. entered into an agreement with Garde a QuJbec mining company listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange, to acquire approximately 30% of Garde for vending 186 mining claims held by BBR in West QuJbec. The 'Vend-in Agreement' was based entirely on geo-physical analysis, as absolutely no diamond indicator minerals had been found north of the immediate discovery area around Bryson Lake.

The added burden imposed by the requirement to support the exploration efforts of Garde drained the financial resources of both companies with the result that BBR was unable to continue as a viable entity. In the spring of 1995 Desmond Burke resigned as President of Garde, and of BBR, when the existing Directors refused to provide their support to raise additional funding to maintain the exploration efforts of both firms. BBR was reorganized.

Ginsberg-Gingras an accounting firm in Hull, Quebec, was retained as Trustee, and Desmond Burke acting alone and without the support of any of the previous participants in the diamond project, purchased all geological information, data, maps, mining claims, and reports held by the Trustee. At this time all mining claims were allowed to lapse to ensure that there was no relationship or carry-over to the previous corporate entity.

Simultaneously, a broad based geo-chemical sampling program was begun to fill in gaps caused by the failure of the previous firm to capitalize on the diamond discovery.

Nearly 500 geo-chemical till and stream sediment samples were taken to draw a demarcation line around the west, north and east of the discovery area. Work was tedious, long and difficult due to the lack of resources and the large area that needed to be covered. In addition to the sampling, about twenty magnetic targets were ground walked. Three zones emerged as being hot spots - zones where geo-chemical, data coincided with magnetic anomalies as well as possessing sympathetic topographical features. Based upon this geo-chemical sampling and extensive research, a model evolved concerning the likely emplacement of Kimberlite like bodies in the region:

1. Geo-chemical sampling revealed the existence of all diamond indicator minerals including micro-diamond, and G10 Pyrope Garnet;
2. The number of indicator minerals was low and appeared related to localized drainage, however the numerical relationship between garnet, chrome diopside, ilmenite, chromite etc appeared constant;
3. Topographical structure, faults and fractures appeared to act as a control feature; and
4. The existence of un-deformed ultra-mafic rock in the region, (Websterite, and Garnet Proxenite) seemed to indicate possible affinity for the emplacement of Kimberlitic rocks.

In August 2001 a new company was formed 3929311 Canada Inc. which staked nearly 14,000 Ha around these prospective zones.

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