Kennady Diamonds Completes Kelvin 2015 Bulk Sample

Kennady Diamonds Inc. (TSXV:KDI) announced that it’s completed the Kelvin 2015 bulk sample. It recovered about 436 tonnes of kimberlite using two large-diameter reverse-circulation drill rigs.

As quoted in the press release:

The bulk sample will be processed at the Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services of the Saskatchewan Research Council (‘SRC’), which is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard by the Standards Council of Canada as a testing laboratory for diamond analysis. Diamond recovery results are expected by mid- 2015.

Patrick Evans, CEO of Kennady, commented:

Early closing of the ice road resulted in us achieving slightly less than our original 500 tonne target, but we are satisfied with the result of our first bulk sample at Kennady North. Excellent ice road conditions enabled all the diamond mines to complete deliveries last week. The Kelvin bulk sample drills had to be withdrawn prior to closing of the ice road which meant that drilling had to be stopped earlier than expected. Based on diamond recovery results to date, we expect to recover approximately 1,000 carats from the bulk sample.

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