La Ronge Gold Corp.'s news releases



December 23, 2008

Private Placement

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX-V: COD) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a private placement for up to 10,000,000 units priced at $0.045 per unit. Each of the units will consist of one flow-through or non flow-through common share and one non flow-through non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional non-flow through common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.10 per share.

In accordance with Exchange policies, finders' fees may be paid on a portion of the funds raised. The private placement is subject to regulatory approval.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used for exploration on the Company's Ontario properties and for general working capital.

About Chalice Diamond

Chalice Diamond Corp. is a spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

For further information contact:
Kevin Hull or Alan Campbell,
Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533
Email: info@chalicediamond.com

Or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamond.com




September 09, 2008

Private Placement

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX-V: COD) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a private placement for up to 10,000,000 units. The financing will consist of flow-through shares priced at $0.06 per unit. Each of the units will consist of one flow-through common share and one non flow-through non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional non-flow through common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.10 per share.

In accordance with Exchange policies, finders' fees may be paid on a portion of the funds raised. The private placement is subject to regulatory approval.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used exploration on the Company's Ontario properties and for general working capital.

About Chalice Diamond

Chalice Diamond Corp. is a spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

For further information contact:
Alan Campbell,
Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533

Or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamond.com




June 09, 2008

Private Placement Expanded And Fully Subscribed

Further to the Company's news release of March 31, 2008, CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX-V: COD) is pleased to announce that it has increased its previously reported private placement of 10,000,000 units to 14,675,860 units. The financing consists of 14,340,860 non flow-through units at $0.10 per unit and 335,000 flow through units at $0.15 per unit. Each of the units consist of either one flow-through or non flow-through common share and one non flow-through non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional non-flow through common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.20 per share. The financing has been fully subscribed and is expected to close this week.

In accordance with Exchange policies, finders' fees may be paid on a portion of the funds raised. The private placement is subject to regulatory approval.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used exploration on the Company's Ontario properties and for general working capital.

About Chalice Diamond

Chalice Diamond Corp. is a spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

For further information contact:

Alan Campbell or Kevin Hull,
Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533

Or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamond.com




March 31, 2008

Private Placement

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX-V: COD) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a private placement for up to 10,000,000 units. The financing will consist of non flow-through shares at $0.10 per unit and flow through shares at $0.15 per unit. Each of the units will consist of either one flow-through or non flow-through common share and one non flow-through non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional non-flow through common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.20 per share.

In accordance with Exchange policies, finders' fees may be paid on a portion of the funds raised. The private placement is subject to regulatory approval.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used exploration on the Company's Ontario properties and for general working capital.

About Chalice Diamond

Chalice Diamond Corp. is a spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

For further information contact:
Alan Campbell,
Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533

Or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamond.com




February 26, 2008

Diamond Discoveries

Chalice Diamond Corp. (TSX-V: COD) has systematically staked or acquired the largest land package in one of Ontario's most potential diamond bearing areas. Within only 2 years the Company and its predecessor Golden Chalice Resources Inc.(GCR) have identified large diamond potential in areas that have had very limited diamond exploration in the Wawa - Missanabie region of Ontario. COD's land position covers more than 420,000 acres or 170,000 hectares within an area that stretches 75 km long by 35 km wide. Drilling is planned to commence this Spring to test wide diamond bearing kimberlite dykes and potential kimberlite pipes identified by ground and airborne geophysical surveys. COD's early success in discovering diamonds is due in part to strategic joint venture partnerships that have allowed the company to maximize funding and exploration activity.

The Wawa area is historically known for being prolific in diamonds within Archean rocks that are over 2.5 billion years old. COD has discovered that younger rocks in the area may have greater potential to contain large diamonds. The rationale for this is that two younger dykes that COD has been exploring contain multiple phases of kimberlite. Certain phases of kimberlite appear to contain more diamonds than others. Equally important to the diamonds that have been found is the chemistry of the Kimberlite Indicator Minerals (KIMs) that were recovered from the dykes. The KIMs chemistry indicates that the dykes tapped the diamond field of the mantle where either large diamonds are present or no diamonds at all. The small sampling that has been done by COD clearly indicates the presence of diamonds. Therefore, there is good potential for large diamonds to be present. The table below shows the number of microdiamonds recovered from dyke material.

These 2 kimberlite dykes, called GC1 and Fletch, were first discovered by prospectors in the late 1990's but were never explored. Trenching by COD has traced the dykes for up to 600 metres along strike with the dykes still open in both directions. Recently, 16 microdiamonds have been retrieved through caustic fusion from the GC1 dyke and 8 microdiamonds have been discovered from separate sample sites on the Fletch occurrence. The dykes range from 0.5m to over 5m in width. They have subvertical dips that are an orientation preferred for mining. The dykes are accessible by road with power and infrastructure in the area. These factors greatly improve the exploration and development potential as compared to the far northern reaches of Canada where access, exploration and development costs can be prohibitive.

In addition, COD's exploration activities have resulted in the discovery of 13 new dykes that have KIM chemistry similar to the GC1 and Fletch dykes. There are also 5 kimberlite boulders that have been discovered with good KIM chemistry. These boulders are in new areas that will be followed up by prospecting, ground geophysics and geochemistry this summer.

COD has also discovered 35 diamonds in an 8.4 kg rock sample which included 5 macrodiamonds. The rock is on strike with and is similar to diamond bearing rocks found at Dianor Resources Ltd's Leadbetter Diamond Discovery. This and other results were announced in GCR's press release of April, 17, 2007. Sampling of rock outcrops in the area have also discovered additional diamonds, see Corbiere Diamond table below. Larger samples have since been collected over a large area (225m by 300m). These samples are currently being tested for diamonds by caustic fusion analysis. Mapping by Dr. Trygve Hoy has not only outlined the favourable Leadbetter stratigraphy on COD's Corbiere Property, but has also led to the discovery of a diamond in a volcanic breccia on COD's Esquega Property.

All these new discoveries have been the result of 2 years of systematic exploration by GCR and COD as follow-up to KIM in till anomalies and airborne geophysical surveys by the Ontario Geological Survey and Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. To date, ground geophysical surveys have evaluated 92 circular airborne magnetic targets that could be kimberlite pipes. The exploration team has also collected a total of 890 till samples, 407 rock and 93 stream sediment samples. The initial results of this sampling have contributed to the discovery of new kimberlite dykes. COD is looking forward to receiving results from more than 300 of the samples that have been submitted for analysis.

The diamonds mentioned in this release were recovered by caustic fusion at SGS Laboratories in Lakefield, Ontario. The KIMs were recovered by heavy mineral separation at True North Mineral Laboratory in Timmins and sent to C.F. Mineral Research Ltd., in Kelowna British Columbia for x-ray diffraction analysis and chemical classification of diamond potential.

Chalice Diamond Corp. is a newly formed company that was formed as a result of a plan of arrangement with Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and has been recently listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Various portions of COD's large prospective diamond land package are being explored in conjunction with Joint Venture partners including Klondike Gold Corp., Amador Gold Corp., Kalahari Resources Inc., Sedex Mining Corp., Abitibi Mining Corp. or Kootenay Gold Inc. To view a map showing the joint venture property holdings, please visit the Chalice Diamond web site at www.chalicediamonds.com.

MISSANABIE AREA DIAMONDS
Sample #
# of Diamonds
Sample Weight/kg
Location
78743
2
6.36
Fletch Occurrence
79292
3
27.5
Fletch Occurrence
81228
1
10.15
Fletch Occurrence
81230
2
7.47
Fletch Occurrence
81231
16
91.36
GC1


CORBIERE AREA DIAMONDS
Sample #
# of Diamonds
Sample weight/kg
415
1
8.2
418
1
10.17
420
35
8.4
432
1
9.1
434
2
6.7
440
1
8


Peter Caldbick, P.Geo. is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has read and approved the contents of this news release.

About Chalice Diamond Corp.

Chalice Diamond Corp. a the spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
/s/ "Richard Hughes"
Richard Hughes, Chairman

For Further Information Contact:
The Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533
or visit Chalice Diamond's web-site: www.chalicediamonds.com

This document contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, delays and uncertainties not under the corporation's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the corporation to be materially different from the results, performance or expectation implied by these forward looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.




January 25, 2008

Options Granted

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX.V COD) announces that it has granted 1,000,000 stock options to directors and officers of the Company and 2,203,000 stock options to employees and consultants at a price of $0.12 per share for a period of five years.

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. is the spin-off company from Golden Chalice Inc. and holds in conjunction with joint venture partners, a large prospective diamond area-play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP.
On behalf of the Board of Directors

Richard Hughes, Chairman

For Further Information Contact:
Richard Hughes
Phone: (604) 639-4533

or visit Golden Chalice's web-site: www.chalicediamondcorp.com to see the Smartstox Report in which Stanlie Hunt interviews CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. President John Keating and Chairman Richard Hughes.

This document contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, delays and uncertainties not under the corporation's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the corporation to be materially different from the results, performance or expectation implied by these forward looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.




January 12, 2008

Private Placement Amended And Closed

CHALICE DIAMOND CORP. (TSX-V: COD) announces an amendment and the closing of a private placement previously announced December 23, 2008. The total number of units is increased from 10,000,000 to 16,125,000 for total proceeds of $725,625. Each of the units will consist of one Flow-Through or Non Flow-Through common share and one Non Flow-Through non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional Non-Flow Through common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.10 per share. The units are priced at $0.045 per unit. Any shares issued pursuant to the private placement will be subject to a four month hold period.

In accordance with Exchange policies, finders' fees may be paid on a portion of the funds raised.

Included in the private placement was the sale of 6,244,444 flow-through units to MineralFields Group.

About MineralFields
MineralFields Group (a division of Pathway Asset Management) is a Toronto-based mining fund with significant assets under administration that offers its tax-advantaged super flow-through limited partnerships to investors throughout Canada during most of the calendar year, as well as hard-dollar resource limited partnerships to investors throughout the world. Information about the MineralFields Group is available at www.mineralfields.com.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used exploration on the Company's Ontario properties and for general working capital.

About Chalice Diamond
Chalice Diamond Corp. is a spin-off company from Golden Chalice Resources Inc. and, in conjunction with joint venture partners, holds a large prospective diamond area play lying between Chapleau and Wawa, Ontario.

For further information contact:

Alan Campbell,
Hughes Exploration Group
Phone: (604) 639-4533


     



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