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Further Positive Diamond Results
Further Positive Diamond Results.
About this update from Sunrise Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1869P Sunrise Resources Plc 30 September 2013 \n \n\n 30 September 2013\n \nCUE DIAMOND PROJECT\n \nFURTHER POSITIVE DIAMOND RESULTS FROM TARGET 5 KIMBERLITE\n \nSunrise Resources plc, the AIM-traded diversified mineral exploration and development specialist, is pleased to announce further positive diamond results from a second, larger sample of the recently discovered kimberlite 1float at Target 5 on its wholly owned Cue diamond project in Western Australia.\n \nKey Points:\n \n· 204 kg sample returns high diamond count of 1.08 per kg.\n \n· 221 diamonds recovered - 99% white/colourless or off-white and 98% transparent or translucent.\n \n· Size distribution modelling suggests commercial sized stones likely to be found in bulk samples.\n \n· Evaluation of economic potential is warranted.\n \nThe results being released today are from a 204.4kg sample collected in June 2013 when mapping increased the extent of the kimberlite float occurrence at Target 5.\n \nFurther work is now required to locate the source of the kimberlite float which is believed to be very local, due to the high concentration of kimberlite float at the surface.\n \nCommenting today, Executive Chairman Patrick Cheetham said: \"This is a positive result and is, I believe, one of the best diamond sampling results reported from the Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia. Results from this second larger sample substantiate our expectation that this larger sample would yield larger stones than were recovered from the in...