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Diamond Source Proximity Suggested by Sample Re...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nPlease be advised that this announcement was initially published at 07:00hrs on 23rd January 2018. This announcement is being re-issued to facilitate display on third party vendor screens. All content below remains unchanged.\n\nKarelian Diamond Resources plc(“Karelian Diamonds†or “the Companyâ€)\n\n23 January 2018\n\nDIAMOND SOURCE PROXIMITY SUGGESTED BY SAMPLE RESULTS\n\n\nHigh Kimberlite Indicator Minerals (“KIMsâ€) Count Suggests Close Proximity to Diamond Source\n\n\n\nNature of Purple to Red Garnets Provides Additional Indicator of Proximity\n\n\nKarelian Diamond Resources plc (“Karelian Diamondsâ€) (AIM: KDR), is pleased to announce that results from ODM Laboratory* on a series of till samples taken in order to trace the origin of the green diamond discovered by the Company in the Kuhmo region of Finland (as announced on 31 January 2017) suggest that the search is now coming into very close proximity to the source of the diamond.\n\nAll of the 17 till samples contained concentrations of KIMs. One sample, which was collected at a depth of 4.6 metres, showed such exceptionally high levels (98 KIMs) that it may have been taken close to or even above the kimberlite source of the diamond.\n\nThis sample comprised 38 purple to red peridotitic garnets (G9/10 Cr-pyrope), nine orange mantle garnets and 40 chromite grains in the 0.25 to 0.5 mm size range. The sample also contained six purple to red peridotitic garnets (G9/10 Cr-pyrope), one orange mantle garnet and four chromite grains in the 0.5 to 1.0 mm size range.\n\nAll six purple to red peridotitic garnets in the 0.5 to 1.0 mm size range and 15 from the 0.25 to 0.5 mm size range fractions had what are known as “partial alteration mantlesâ€. The significance of these partial alteration mantles is that they are a further positive indication of proximity as such mantles are generally not preserved if the garnets have been transported any distance from the kimberlite source.\n\nIn the Kuhmo region of Finland, high numbers of KIMs, as seen in this sample, are normally only seen in close proximity or directly over a kimberlite source. This, together with the preserved partial alteration mantles on the garnets, strongly suggests that the sample was taken directly over, or in very close proximity to, the kimberlite body which could be the source of the green dia...