Chalice Diamond Corp. is a member of the Hughes Exploration Group and is led by an award-winning management team with an established track record of discovery and mine development in North America. Founder Richard Hughes was involved in the development of the Belmoral, Beaufor and Sleeping Giant gold mines in Quebec, and initial discovery of the Hemlo gold camp of Ontario. Companies in the Hughes Exploration Group with projects in Ontario share a central exploration facility in Timmins, which allows them to reduce overhead costs and access the geological data and diverse skills and experience of a senior company-sized exploration team.