Diagem starts drilling at Chapadao

Diagem Inc. commences a diamond drill program on its Chapadao Kimberlite Cluster in Juina, Brazil. The Chapadao kimberlites are known to be diamondiferous and are believed to be a significant source of the Juina alluvial diamond production.

Denis Francoeur, CEO of Diagem said, this is the moment we have been waiting for. Issuance of the bulk test permit, on March 7, 2008, was the only document pending to resume work on the property.

Delineation of the Chapadao kimberlite bodies has started with two diamond drill rigs as part of a first stage 7,500 metre drill program. Two moveable concentration plants with a capacity of processing ten cubic metres per hour are on site and will resume bulk sampling the surface exposures of the kimberlite bodies for diamond grade as soon as a tailings area is ready.

The heavy mineral concentrates will be processed at the Company’s recently upgraded X-Ray separator facility in Juina. Grade results will be released on a regular basis in the upcoming months. The exploration program will also include a ground magnetic survey and soil sampling and auger drilling for diamond indicator minerals to identify and define additional kimberlite body targets on the remaining portion of the property.

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