Commenting, Kennady Diamonds CEO Patrick Evans said: “The Kelvin drill program continues to delivered excellent results. Exploration and delineation drilling has increased the strike of the Kelvin kimberlite pipe to over 600 meters and the volume continues to increase on strike to the north.”
Evans added: “Despite good progress, unfavorable weather conditions, principally dense fog, limited our ability to safely service the drill rigs by helicopter. Accordingly, the fall drill program was stopped temporarily this week while construction of the nearby Kelvin camp is completed. The Kelvin camp is expected to be commissioned by mid-November, following which drilling will recommence.”
The second of three northerly “fan” delineation drill holes (KDI-14-033b), which was drilled from the same collar and at the same azimuth as KDI-14-033a, but at an inclination of -80 degrees, appears to have drilled over the top of the Kelvin pipe intersecting a narrow seam of kimberlite at depth. Preliminary analysis of available exploration data indicates that the Kelvin pipe may be turning from north to northeast in the direction of the Faraday kimberlite, which is approximately one kilometer to the northeast. Exploration data will continue to be analyzed to ensure optimal positioning of the next “fan” delineation hole when drilling recommences in November.
Evans commented: “We are very pleased with the wide intercepts at the Kelvin dyke/sheet holes drilled to the south of the Kelvin pipe. The Kelvin dyke/sheet structure strikes southwest from the Kelvin pipe over a distance of about one kilometer and dips gently to the northwest. Drilling to date indicates good continuity and the potential for substantial kimberlite tonnage.”
To date, approximately 16,600 meters has been drilled at the Kelvin kimberlite as part of the 2014 summer/fall drill program. Based on the continuing success, the company’s target has now been increased to 18,000 meters. In addition, approximately 28.7 tons of kimberlite has been recovered from Kelvin and the company has now increased its target to 30 tons.
The company is also pleased to announce that approximately 5 tons of kimberlite from Kelvin has been dispatched to the Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) for processing by caustic fusion. In addition, preparations are underway for a further 24 tons of Kelvin kimberlite to be dispatched to the SRC by the end of November for processing at the dense media separation plant. The diamond recovery results from these samples are expected by the end of the year.
