Steller issue Tongo kimberlite results

PUBLISHED: Aug 19 2014 @ 15:42 | Comments (0) |

‘Excellent’ bulk Sample Grade from Tongo Project, Sierra Leone

Stellar Diamonds, the London listed (LSE:STEL) diamond development company focused on West Africa, has issued the final bulk sample grade at its Tongo kimberlite project in Sierra Leone has exceeded 178 carats per hundred tonnes.

Highlights:

· 1,182 carats recovered from kimberlite ore at an average grade of 178.7cpht

· Sample grade is 49% higher than the 120cpht applied in current resource estimate

· 53 diamonds larger than 1 carat, including stones of 6.7 and 4.6 carats

· Diamonds of excellent shape, colour and clarity with valuation now underway

· Results expected to increase diamond resource (currently 1.1 million carats)

Stellar Diamonds Chief Executive Karl Smithson commented, “Tongo continues to generate excellent results further underpinning the economic potential of this kimberlite diamond project. We have achieved our objective of collecting a further 1,000 carat parcel for the diamond grade and valuation modelling of Tongo Dyke 1, as part of the ongoing feasibility work. It is highly encouraging to note the substantial increase in grade to 179cpht which has resulted from reprocessing the tailing material. The diamond parcel will now undergo valuation and modelling, with the results expected by early September 2014, prior to a revised financial model and updated resource statement, which we hope to have issued shortly thereafter. We look forward to reporting on these upcoming development milestones as we continue to unlock the intrinsic value of Tongo.”

Dyke-1 Bulk Sampling and Results:

All samples collected from Dyke-1 at Tongo have been processed, including second pass tailings material. A total of 1,621t of diluted kimberlite and granite was collected from the bulk sample trench by drilling and blasting in a number of sub-samples termed Sample 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12. These samples were processed in their batches with the DMS plant bottom cut off set at +1.0mm.

Detailed measurement of the sample trench during sample collection has enabled the volume and tonnage of the in-situ kimberlite to be measured. A total of 661.47t of kimberlite has been processed and yielded 1,181.78 carats at an average in-situ +1.0mm grade of 178.7cpht. This is 49% higher than the current resource grade estimate of 120cpht. Grades varied across the sub-samples but all were higher than the resource grade. Sample 10 yielded the highest grade of 305.5cpht and was comprised of highly decomposed kimberlite, resulting in a higher total liberation of diamonds than from fresher kimberlite.

A total of 53 diamonds larger than 1 carat have been recovered, with the two largest stones being 6.7 and 4.6 carats. A large proportion of the goods are of excellent shape, colour and clarity.

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