About 1.83 tons of kimberlite from the Kelvin South Lobe as well as 47.62kg from the Kelvin Sheet has been processed at the Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC).
The four largest diamonds recovered from the Kelvin South Lobe sample include 1.36 carat, 0.68 carat, 0.44 carat, and 0.44 carat.
The Kelvin Sheet sample’s largest diamond recovered is identified as a 0.12 carat.
Kennady Diamonds CEO Patrick Evans said: "We are very pleased with these excellent diamond recovery results, which returned a sample grade of 3.64 carats per tonne from the Kelvin South Lobe and 5.95 carats per tonne from the Kelvin Sheet for diamonds having commercial characteristics.
"These results support the potential for the Kelvin kimberlite to host a high grade diamond resource.
"Based on drilling and sampling completed to date, we estimate that the Kelvin – Faraday kimberlite cluster has the potential to host between 10 and 13 million tonnes at a grade of between 2 and 2.5 carats per tonne."
