Kennady Diamonds Sends 3,454 Kg of Kimberlite For Diamond Recovery

(IDEX Online News) – Kennady Diamonds Inc. said that approximately 3,454 kilograms of kimberlite have been sent to the Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services at the Saskatchewan Research Council for recovery of diamonds by caustic fusion.

The kimberlite was recovered from the 3,848 meter summer drill program at the 100-percent controlled Kennady North diamond project located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The first results are expected early in the fourth quarter and final results are expected before the end of November.

Following the successful completion of the 2013 summer drill program, preparations for the 2014 winter exploration program have commenced. This program is expected to include up to 10,000 meters of delineation and exploration drilling, including extraction of a mini-bulk sample of approximately 25 tonnes from the Kelvin kimberlite.

The drilling will be preceded by further geophysics over the Kelvin and Faraday kimberlites, as well as new exploration targets outside of the Kelvin – Faraday kimberlite corridor. Further details of the 2014 winter program will be announced shortly.

The explorer said that as announced last month, the 1.1 tonnes sample returned a total sample grade of 8.44 carats per tonne. The largest three diamonds recovered were a 2.48-carat off-white transparent octahedral, a 0.90-carat off-white transparent irregular, and a 0.75-carat off-white transparent octahedral.