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Star Diamond Releases Study Highlighting Impact of Rio Tinto Canada's Use of Unproven Extraction and Diamond Recovery Methodologies
Star Diamond Releases Study Highlighting Impact of Rio Tinto Canada's Use of Unproven Ext...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Star Diamond Releases Study Highlighting Impact of Rio Tinto Canada's Use of Unproven Extraction and Diamond Recovery Methodologies\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n SASKATOON, SK, Nov. 19, 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Study Reinforces Star Diamond's Belief That Rio Tinto Canada's Unproven and Inadequately Tested Processses are Causing Undue Diamond Breakage and Damaging Project\n \n \n \n \n Star Diamond Intends to Add These Claims to its Ongoing Litigation Against Rio Tinto Canada\n \n \n \n \n \n Stock Symbol: DIAM: TSX\n \n \n \n \n SASKATOON, SK\n \n ,\n \n Nov. 19, 2020\n \n /CNW/ - Star Diamond Corporation (\"Star Diamond\" or the \"Corporation\") today announced that it has completed an internal study (the \"Study\") which compares the preliminary diamond results from the first four reported bulk sampling trenches excavated on the Star Kimberlite by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (\"Rio Tinto Canada\") to the diamond results from\n \n Star Diamond's\n \n underground bulk sampling and large diameter drilling (\"LDD\") programs that were conducted between 2004 and 2009.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Study reinforces\n \n Star Diamond's\n \n belief that Rio Tinto Canada's extraction and diamond recovery methodologies, including its unprecedented use of unproven civil engineering trenching technologies to conduct bulk sampling of Kimberlite, is causing undue diamond breakage, resulting in significant unnecessary cost overruns and materially damaging\n \n Star Diamond's\n \n interest in the Star-Orion South Diamond Project (the \"Project\").\n \n \n The Study focusses on diamonds recovered from Early Joli Fou (\"EJF\") Kimberlite using Rio Tinto Canada's unproven and inadequately tested methodologies compared to the recoveries previously achieved and documented by\n \n Star Diamond\n \n using its own underground bulk sampling and LDD programs.  The EJF is the dominant Kimberlite unit within the Project in terms of ore volume and diamond grade.  The conclusions from the Study ...