Diamonds North recovers 2911diamonds

Canadian mining company, Diamonds North Resources Ltd. recovers 2911 diamonds from the remaining 551.95 kilograms of percussion drill sample collected from the Tuktu-2 kimberlite in 2007. Sample Tuktu-2B exhibits a significant increase in larger sized diamonds including diamonds remaining on the 1.18mm sieve.

The Tuktu-2 kimberlite is located on the Company’s 100% owned Amaruk property in the Pelly Bay Diamond District of Nunavut. The sample was submitted as part of the company’s ongoing due diligence and quality control process and to gain additional information on the diamond distribution on the Tuktu-2 kimberlite.

The company claims that Tuktu-2B sample is five times larger than the original Tuktu-2 sample, yet Tuktu-2B yielded almost 10 times more diamonds on the 0.60mm sieve, 2 stones on the 0.85mm sieve and 2 diamonds on the 1.18mm sieve. This proves the existence of a coarser diamond population in this kimberlite sample.

The diamond count for the Tuktu-2B kimberlite is 5.3 diamonds per kilogram. Collection of a much larger sample using drill core has begun to further evaluate Tuktu-2’s large diamond potential.

A total of 263 diamonds on and above the 0.30mm sieve from this sample were described in detail and the majority are white, octahedral forms with high clarity. The largest stones recovered include 2.52mm x 1.5mm x 1.04mm; 2.00mm x 1.62mm x 1.16mm. The largest fragments recovered measured 1.86mm x 0.68mm x 0.58mm and 1.60mm x 1.16mm x 0.60mm.

The 551.95 kilogram sample was collected from a depth of approximately 19.81 metres to 91.44 metres, where the drill ended in kimberlite. The 107 kilogram sample was collected from a depth of 12.19 metres to 19.81 metres (a small amount of kimberlite sampled from 19.81 metres to 21.34 metres was sent in for geochemical analysis).

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