Ashton Mining Reports State of Arkansas Reports Further Results from the Crater of Diamonds.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 1997-- Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE/ME:ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture ) The State of Arkansas has reported the third set of results of diamond sorting from its testing program on the Crater of Diamonds near Murfreesboro, Arkansas Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pike County.GR6 Crater of Diamonds State Park is located just to the south. . The recent results are from five trenches in the central and southern portions of the lamproite pipe. Three stones with an aggregate weight of 0.228 carat CARAT, weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and one-sixth grains, in diamonds, and the like. Jac. L. Dict. See Weight. were recovered from a combined sample of 2547 tons. This work brings the total lamproite treated to a total of 7139 tons. This material contained 160 stones weighing 36.3 carats, for an average indicated content of 0.5 carat per 100 tons. These results to date fall short of the diamond content which would be required to support a commercial mining operation. The sampling program is continuing to test remaining portions of the pipe, and will be complete by mid to late February. Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. is a diamond exploration company with interests in a wide range of properties in Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. . It has the right to acquire an interest of 51 percent in a joint venture on the Crater of Diamonds if the joint venture were to be successful in any competitive bid for mining rights which might be called for by the State of Arkansas. CONTACT: Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. John S. Auston/Wayne D. Hillier Hillier is a surname, and may refer to:
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