Vancouver — Kensington Resources (KRT-V) reports that De Beers Canada Exploration has completed the heavy mineral separation phase of the minibulk sample taken last year from the 140/141 kimberlite at the Fort a la Corne diamond project, in Saskatchewan.
A total of 1,271.9 tonnes of kimberlite was sampled late last year and transported to a processing plant in Grande Prairie for concentration of heavy minerals (including diamonds) using dense media separation techniques.
The $5.2 million two stage drill and minibulk sampling campaign was designed to improve the geological understanding, diamond distribution and diamond values within the 140/141 body with the ultimate goal of determining a resource.
Minibulk samples were taken from the central part of the northwest eruptive centre as well as five other locations in the southeastern and central portions of the kimberlite body.
Half of the heavy mineral concentrate is already at the Group Exploration Macrodiamond Laboratory (GEMDL) in Johannesburg, South Africa and the remainder will be shipped shortly.
Final diamond recovery procedures are expected to commence before the end of February and initial diamond stone counts and sieve parcel weights are anticipated by mid-year of 2003.
The Fort a la Corne Diamond project is a joint venture among Kensington Resources (42.25%), De Beers Canada Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of De Beers (42.25%), Cameco (CCO-T) (5.5%) and UEM (carried 10%).
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