Kennady Diamonds Announces 'Exceptional Diamond Recovery Results'
August 07, 13
(IDEX Online News) – Kennady Diamonds Inc. has announced exceptional diamond recovery results from samples of drill core from the Kelvin and Faraday kimberlites located at the Kennady North diamond project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. 
The core was recovered during a successful 5,000 meter drill program undertaken last winter.
Patrick Evans, Kennady Diamonds CEO, commented: “The sample grade of 8.44 carats per tonne is exceptional and confirms that the Kelvin-Faraday kimberlite cluster has a coarse diamond size distribution as well as the potential to host a high grade diamond resource.”
The largest three diamonds recovered are 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. The company said that the recovery of three diamonds of this size and quality from a 1.1 tonne sample was highly encouraging.
"Besides the high frequency of large diamonds, approximately 64 percent of the recovered diamonds are classified as white and transparent," the firm said in a statement. "Almost all the white diamonds have either no inclusions or only minor inclusions. In addition, approximately 3 percent of the diamonds are classified as yellow and transparent with either no or only minor inclusions. The bulk of the balance of the diamonds are classified as off-white. Only seven microdiamonds (out of 8,708) are described as either brown or grey. Together with grade, these characteristics are key value drivers."
Evans concluded: “The infill drilling at Kelvin and Faraday is designed to advance our plans to declare a maiden resource at Kennady North. Based on these very encouraging results, the Company is now also examining the options to fast-track a bulk sample of the Kelvin and Faraday kimberlites."