Kennady unearths macro diamond at Faraday 2

by eyetee | July 20, 2015 5:31 pm

[1]Kennady Diamonds has found a macro diamond during logging of core from the Faraday 2 kimberlite.

Still partially embedded in kimberlite, the stone is being examined at Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) where a final weight and description will be determined. The Kennady North diamond project is located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

“It is exceptionally rare to find a macro diamond in drill core during logging and this is the second time our geologists have made such a find,” said Kennady Diamonds chief executive officer (CEO), Patrick Evans.

“This is a reflection of the high-diamond content of both the Kelvin and Faraday kimberlites.”

The first macro diamond was found last August during logging of core from the Kelvin kimberlite and was described as a 0.94-carat white/colourless transparent octahedral twin with etched trigons.

Kennady is currently processing a 436-tonne Kelvin bulk sample through the SRC dense-media separation plant and diamond recovery results are expected before the end of the third quarter.

In addition, processing of a further 2.6 tonnes of Kelvin South Lobe kimberlite by caustic fusion has commenced at SRC. The diamond recovery results from this sample are expected by early September.

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