Anglo Swiss’s result from LI-201 Kimberlite

Anglo Swiss Resources Inc. has received caustic fusion diamond results from the Company’s LI-201 kimberlite pipe, located in the Northwest Territories.

Drilling on the LI-201 kimberlite was carried out over the period August 22 to September 19, 2007. The drilling program consisted of 5 core holes, totaling 421.6 meters (1383.2 feet). Two of the drill holes contained intercepts of LI-201 kimberlite. Drill holes Y07-04 and Y07-05 intersected kimberlite totaling 20.25 meters and 14.75 meters, respectively. The material sampled from these two drill holes had a combined weight of 58.0 kg, and was obtained from 6 separate sub-samples of split NQ size drill core. The samples were sent to C.F. Minerals Research Limited, of Kelowna, British Columbia for processing and indicator mineral and microdiamond recovery, and a total of 30 diamonds were recovered.

13 additional micro-diamonds passed through a 0.106 mm square mesh sieve for a total diamond count of 30 micro-diamonds. In total, 17 diamonds greater than 0.106 mm have been recovered, which equates to 293 diamonds ( > 0.106 mm) per tonne of kimberlite.

The drill program tested geophysical targets as well as to confirm the location and nature of the previously discovered LI-201 kimberlite. Due to ongoing mechanical problems throughout the drill program, and with the onset of winter conditions, the drilling program was considerably reduced from its originally intended 1500-meter program.

A drilling program previously carried out on the LI-201 kimberlite in 1997 by Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc (KCEI) provided 281.1 kilograms of kimberlite sample from 2 drill holes (97LI 201-02 and 97LI 201-04). Caustic Fusion analysis by KCEI of this material resulted in the recovery of 60 diamonds, three of which were macrodiamonds (2 sat on a 0.5 mm sieve and one sat on a 1 mm sieve).

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