Sunrise Diamonds PLC
20 March 2006
www.sunrisediamonds.com
20 March 2006
LAB ANALYSIS YIELDS TWO MORE MICRO-DIAMONDS
FROM ANOMALY 45 KIMBERLITE IN FINLAND
• Results From Two 23kg Samples Taken From Two Separate Drill Holes
• Total Of Seven Micro-Diamonds Now Found At Anomaly 45
Sunrise Diamonds plc ('Sunrise' or 'the Company') is pleased to advise that two
further samples from follow up drilling of the Anomaly 45 kimberlite in the
Kuusamo kimberlite cluster have returned micro-diamonds.
The results follow further drill testing of the Anomaly 45 kimberlite in which 5
holes were drilled in a NE-SW traverse across the kimberlite either side of the
discovery hole 45-01-05 announced in October 2005. The traverse established a
minimum width for the kimberlite of 55m in a NE-SW direction. The dimensions in
the opposite direction are yet to be established.
One micro-diamond was recovered from each of two separate samples of 23kg from
two separate drill holes. The micro-diamonds were recovered from kimberlite
samples from drill holes 45-03-05 (23.6 kg taken from 5.6-23.1m down hole) and
45-04-05 (23.2kg taken from 7.9-28.5m down hole) after caustic dissolution of
the kimberlite at the independent Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. laboratory
in Canada (Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025). All the samples analysed from the
Anomaly 45 kimberlite have now returned micro-diamonds, a 26kg sample from drill
hole 45-01-05 having yielded five micro-diamonds.
As a part of the ongoing exploration in the Kuusamo kimberlite cluster a ground
magnetic and electro-magnetic survey has now been completed over an 8 sq.km.
area surrounding the Anomaly 45 and 47 kimberlites and several further targets
have been identified. These additional targets will be tested as a part of the
wider drilling programme now in progress in the Kuusamo area.
The Company's exploration efforts in the Kaavi-Kuopio area are also continuing.
A 28kg composite sample of existing drill core from the Koskeniemi kimberlite
returned no micro-diamonds but further sampling will take place in other known
kimberlites from this area in the near future.
Further Info: Patrick Cheetham, Sunrise Diamonds plc. Tel: +44 (0)1625-505947.
Mob: +44 (0)7767-458751
John Greenhalgh/Ron Marshman, City of London PR Ltd. Tel: +44 ( 0)20-7628-5518
The information in this release has been compiled and reviewed by Mr. Patrick
Cheetham (MIMMM, MAusIMM) who is a qualified person for the purposes of the AIM
Guidance Note for Mining Oil & Gas Companies issued on March 16, 2006. Mr
Cheetham is a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and also a
member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
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