Kennady Diamonds Reports Fewer Large Diamonds From Kelvin Drill
October 07, 14
The mining operation is located immediately to the north, west and south of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine currently under development by De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds.
Kennady Diamonds CEO Patrick Evans said: “The Kelvin total sample grade of 2.16 carats per tonne is in line with our guidance of ‘better than 2 carats per tonne’ and confirms the potential for Kelvin to host a high grade diamond resource. It’s apparent, however, that the number of larger diamonds in the sample is lower compared with previous Kelvin samples.
"A higher frequency of larger diamonds in previous samples resulted in sample grades well above 2 carats per tonne. The sampling and treatment methods used for the mini-bulk sample will be reviewed to understand the reasons for this.”
“In the meantime, we expect to recover a further 28 tonne mini-bulk sample as part of the current summer/fall Kelvin drill program and this sample will be dispatched to the SRC for processing as soon as possible. We expect the diamond recovery results from this second mini-bulk sample to aid in understanding the diamond size frequency distribution of the Kelvin kimberlite,” he added,
The three largest diamonds recovered from the Kelvin mini-bulk sample were a 1.27-carat off-white, transparent, broken, irregular with inclusions; a 1.00-carat white/colorless, transparent, dodecahedron, twin with minor inclusions; and a 0.70-carat white/colorless, transparent, dodecahedron, twin with minor inclusions.