KWG: A 0.33 carat Diamond Recovered from Wawa Project Bulk Sample.TORONTO -- KWG KWG Kreditwesengesetz (German: banking act) KWG Kids With Guns (band) KWG Kaiser Wilhelm Gymnasium KWG Kernkraftwerk Graben Resources Inc. ("KWG") (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:KWG) and joint venture partner Spider Resources Inc. ("Spider") announce that a 0.33 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. diamond was recovered from one of the bulk samples (BK-9) collected last fall. The diamond is the second largest found yet in the Wawa area after Pele Mountain's 0.75 carat Big Goose. The recovery of this diamond from the formations containing the football-shaped xenoliths supports our hypothesis that these extraordinary rocks are the host units of the diamonds in the Wawa area. PRELIMINARY RESULTS: The detection of this diamond was reported to the Joint Venture partners in the preliminary receipt of results of the analytical work on the two 10 tonne tonne measure of weight or mass; 1 tonne=1000 kg. See also ton. (BK-8 and BK-9) mini-bulk samples collected from their Wawa diamond project, last fall. Sample BK - 8 yielded 14 diamonds with the largest having dimensions of 2.51mm by 2.08mm by 1.53mm and weighing 0.061 carat is described as being: white, translucent translucent slightly penetrable by light rays. , and an 85% preserved octahedral oc·ta·he·dral adj. Having eight plane surfaces. oc  ta·he dral·ly adv. crystal.Sample BK - 9 yielded 10 diamonds. The aggregate carat weight of the 10 diamonds collected from this sample was 0.454 carat. The largest diamond with dimensions of 3.99mm by 3.56mm by 2.75mm and weighing 0.326 carat is described as being off-white, transparent, 99% preserved octahedral surface fragment (1) In networking, one piece of a data packet that has been broken into smaller pieces in order to accommodate the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of a network. See IP fragmentation. , twinned, with very significant cleavage cleavage, tendency of many minerals to split along definite smooth planar surfaces determined by their crystal structure. The directions of these surfaces are related to weaknesses in the atomic structure of the mineral and are always parallel to a possible crystal . A photograph of this diamond (as well as the other diamonds mentioned herein) is viewable on the KWG website. The two 10 tonne samples were acquired last fall, from adjacent sites where our previously reported (10kg - 30 kg) grab and channel samples yielded encouraging macro-diamond populations. The BK-8 sample site was located on sample locations LAL LAL Laughing A Lot LAL Los Angeles Lakers LAL Lithuanian Airlines LAL Lightning Activity Level (used for wildfire prediction) LAL Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate LAL Latitude and Longitude LAL Live and Learn 221, LAL 234 and LAL 235 while the BK-9 sample site was located on sample locations sample location LAL 223, LAL 232 and LAL 233.
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Mini-
Bulk greater
Sample Sample Sample # of Diamonds than 0.8 - 0.5 - 0.2 -
Site Num. Number wt (kg) Diamonds Per kg 1.0 mm 1.0mm 0.8mm 0.5mm
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BK-8 LAL-221 10.0 21 2.1 1 2 1 17
LAL-234 30.1 1632 54.2 14 39 221 1358
LAL-235 22.6 46 2.0 1 1 10 32
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total
diamonds
from site 62.7 1699 27.1 16 42 232 1407
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BK-9 LAL-223 10.0 37 3.7 2 1 7 27
LAL-232 19.8 117 5.9 9 11 44 53
LAL-233 22.8 21 0.9 0 1 4 16
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total
diamonds
from site 52.6 175 3.3 11 13 55 96
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SAMPLE PROCESSING: Samples BK-8 and BK-9 were blasted from the
respective outcrops and individually moved to a crusher in Wawa where
they were individually crushed to pass through a 6 mm screen. The
screened product(s) were sent to the Lakefield Research Ltd. for
processing to recover diamonds with dimensions exceeding 0.85mm only.
At Lakefield the samples were screen classified on 6mm, 3mm, 1.5mm
and 0.8mm screens with the minus 0.8 mm fraction removed as tailings.
Each size fraction was then subjected to high gauss magnetic
separation with the non-magnetic fraction being subjected to a heavy
liquid (or dense media) separation. The heavy or dense minerals were
collected and examined for diamonds. All products from this mini-bulk
test were saved for future reprocessing if warranted.
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS: When the Bulk samples were acquired, the
significance of the xenolithic material was not understood. The field
samples reported in the above table were collected after the bulk
samples were extracted and their results previously reported on 20
January 2005, 9 February 2005 and 22 April 2005 revealed the majority
of the diamonds are contained in xenoliths.
However since the processing of the bulk samples started shortly
after they arrived at Lakefield no special attention was given to the
presence or lack of xenolithic material in the two bulk samples since
its significance was not known until the beginning of this year. The
results summarized in the table above were not available at the time
the crushing of the bulk samples started.
To ensure the efficient and representative processing of the two 10
tonne bulk samples the products produced underwent a thorough audit
(consisting of systematic sampling), which has aided in understanding
the recoverability of diamonds in these rocks. A 32 kg sub-sample of
each size fraction underwent caustic dissolution (internal audit by
Lakefield on its own processing work) for the recovery of contained
diamonds. The following table presents the results of this internal
audit:
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Sample
Description
Sample greater greater greater greater greater
Number / sample than than than than than
Size wt # of .105 .150 .212 .300 .425 diam. wt
Fraction (kg) dia. (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm) (carat)
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SPQ BK-8
(less
than
6mm
greater
than
3mm) 31.57 332 189 98 35 8 2 0.022
SPQ BK-8
(less
than
3mm
greater
than
1.5mm) 31.76 204 123 61 15 4 1 0.015
SPQ BK-8
(greater
than
0.8mm
less
than
1.5mm) 30.15 358 208 124 19 7 0 0.018
SPQ BK-8
(less
than
0.8mm) 31.65 591 325 165 76 19 6 0.049
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Total
diamonds
for the
sample 125.13 1485 0.104
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SPQ BK-9
(less
than
6mm
greater
than
3mm) 32.3 130 56 52 17 4 1 0.011
SPQ BK-9
(less
than
3mm
greater
than
1.5mm) 33.95 104 51 37 12 4 0 0.008
SPQ BK-9
(greater
than
0.8mm
less
than
1.5mm) 31.73 98 59 27 11 1 0 0.006
SPQ BK-9
(less
than
0.8mm) 33.45 206 109 64 19 8 6 0.025
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Total
diamonds
for the
sample 131.43 538 0.050
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The audit results confirm that the rock material being processed in the two bulk samples is valid, enriched in diamond, and that the process selected by Lakefield was valid and efficient, since no diamonds were collected on screens with sieve openings greater than 0.425mm in the audit samples. The diamond results received to date, from samples collected from this particular outcropping area that measures 240 meters long by 10 - 13 meters wide, continue to intrigue Intrigue See also Conspiracy. Borgias 15th-century family who stopped at nothing to gain power. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 59] Ems dispatch Bismarck’s purposely provocative memo on Spanish succession; sparked Franco-Prussian war (1870). management of the joint venture. Representatives of the joint venture have met with representatives of Lakefield regarding the form of the final report from Lakefield that formally presents these test results. It was agreed that in light of all other test results from this specific area and the convincing evidence that diamonds may be encapsulated encapsulated Localized Oncology adjective Confined to a specific area, surrounded by a thin layer of fibrous tissue; encapsulation generally refers to a tumor confined to a specific area, surrounded by a capsule. See Islet encapsulation. in nodular nodular marked with, or resembling, nodules. nodular dermatofibrosis see dermatofibrosis. nodular episcleritis see nodular fasciitis (below). nodular fasciitis a firm painless nodular swelling, 0. xenoliths, Lakefield would be recommending a program that focuses on the extractability of the nodular xenoliths from the host rock that will lead to the efficient recovery of diamonds from the xenoliths. A mineral processing mineral processing or ore dressing Mechanical treatment of crude ores to separate the valuable minerals. Mineral processing was at first applied only to ores of precious metals but later came to be used to recover other metals and nonmetallic minerals. scoping study will also be presented and considered. As indicated in our earlier news releases of 20 January 2005, 9 February 2005 and 22 April 2005, the original samples (LAL series) were processed by caustic caustic, any strongly corrosive chemical substance, especially one that attacks organic matter. A caustic alkali is a metal hydroxide, especially that of an alkali metal; caustic soda is sodium hydroxide, and caustic potash is potassium hydroxide. dissolution Act or process of dissolving; termination; winding up. In this sense it is frequently used in the phrase dissolution of a partnership. The dissolution of a contract is its Rescission by the parties themselves or by a court that nullifies its binding force and reinstates each at the Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. Diamond Services Lab (formerly the Kennecott Diamond testing facility) in Thunder Bay. The remainder of the processing for diamonds described herein was completed at Lakefield Research Ltd. diamond recovery laboratory in Lakefield, Ontario Lakefield (population 2400) is a village which is a part of the township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, and Peterborough County, Ontario, although it was formerly a separate village. The Trent-Severn Waterway passes on the west. . The samples reported herein were individually bagged and sealed by James Burns
James W. Burns is a Director Emeritus at the Power Corporation of Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. P. Eng P. ENG Professional Engineer P. ENG process engineer . and Independent Qualified Person, and delivered by a bonded carrier to the Mineral Processing Laboratory of Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., in Thunder Bay, Ontario. There the samples underwent micro diamond recovery and observation (MDob) using Caustic Fusion followed by microscopic microscopic /mi·cro·scop·ic/ (mi?kro-skop´ik) 1. of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of the microscope. 2. pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy. examination for micro diamonds, from various sieve sizes of the caustic fusion product. Only those diamonds that were captured on a 0.15mm sieve or greater were collected and reported. The mini-bulk samples reported herein were also selected and initially processed under the direct auspices aus·pi·ces 1 n. Plural of auspex. auspices Noun, pl under the auspices of with the support and approval of [Latin auspicium augury from birds] Noun of James Burns, P.Eng. and delivered to Lakefield Research's facility in Lakefield where they were processed for diamond content. The technical information presented herein, was compiled and prepared by Neil Novak, P.Geo., in his capacity as the appointed manager of the KWG - Spider Ontario joint venture. Shares issued and outstanding: 118,587,408 THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. KWG RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) |
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