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Diamonds continue to be recovered on the Metalex/Dianor joint venture property as diamond drilling continues
Diamonds continue to be recovered on the Metalex/Dianor joint venture property as diamond drilling continues.
About this update from Metalex Ventures Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nKELOWNA, BC, April 27 /CNW/ - Metalex Ventures Limited (MTX: TSX -\nVenture Exchange) in conjunction with its joint venture partners Dianor\nResources Inc. (DOR: TSX Venture Exchange) and Mori Diamonds Inc. are pleased\nto announce the continued discovery of diamonds in conglomerates on the\neastern extension of the diamond bearing Leadbetter Conglomerate on their JV\nproperty. In addition, diamond drilling of 13 holes at two locations on the JV\nproperty has been completed while drilling at a third location has commenced.\n\n\nDiamond results have been received for 9 of the 21 surface rock samples\ncollected in late 2006 (press release December 4th 2006). These samples were\nprocessed by SGS Lakefield in Ontario using the caustic fusion technique to\nrecover diamonds, whereas the remaining 12 samples are currently being\nprocessed by combined attrition milling and caustic fusion at the CF Minerals\nResearch facility in Kelowna, British Columbia.\n\n\n Summary of Diamonds recovered by sieve size\n\n Eastern Part\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSample Weight Bottom Sieve aperture in microns(x) Total\nNo. Kgs +75 +106 +150 +212 +300 +425 +600 +850 +1180 +1700 Diamonds\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRS40146 21.00 6 1 16 11 16 6 2 0 0 0 58\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nRS40219 19.00 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nRS40225 18.90 9 8 19 16 5 1 0 1 0 0 59\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nRS40227 20.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTOTAL 79.60 15 9 36 28 21 7 2 1 0 0 119\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Western Part\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSample Weight Bottom Sieve aperture in microns(x) Total\nNo. Kgs +75 +106 +150 +212 +300 +425 +600 +850 +1180 +1700 Diamonds\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRS40142 23.33 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------...