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Kensington Resources Ltd.: Revised 2004 Microdiamond Recoveries for Kimberlites 121 and 221.


VANCOUVER Vancouver, city, Canada
Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border.
, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
 -- Please replace the release dated Sept. 22, 2005 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

KENSINGTON Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of Charing Cross. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum  RESOURCES LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability .: REVISED 2004 MICRODIAMOND RECOVERIES FOR KIMBERLITES 121 AND 221

Kensington Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002)
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) announces minor revisions to the previous news release of September 22, 2005 reporting microdiamond recoveries for Kimberlites 121 and 221. The mass of kimberlite kimberlite: see diamond.
kimberlite
 or blue ground

Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix.
 sampled in drillhole 04-221-002 is corrected to 24.65 kg from 16.40 kg in Table 3 and calculations based on this number were revised accordingly. In addition, one diamond was added to the column titled "Stones larger than 0.5mm" in Table 1 for drillhole 04-121-012 and a footnote Text that appears at the bottom of a page that adds explanation. It is often used to give credit to the source of information. When accumulated and printed at the end of a document, they are called "endnotes."  pertaining per·tain  
intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains
1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident.

2.
 to this column inserted below the table. The remaining news release information remains the same. Kensington regrets any inconvenience to shareholders and the public that these transposition transposition /trans·po·si·tion/ (trans?po-zish´un)
1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side.

2.
 errors may have caused.

"Diamond abundances recovered from both 121 and 221 greatly exceeded historical recoveries in these kimberlites. The combined inventory of microdiamonds for each kimberlite will be used to determine grade forecasts and then to prioritize pri·or·i·tize  
v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem

v.tr.
To arrange or deal with in order of importance.

v.intr.
 the bodies for further work," states Robert A. McCallum, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Kensington Resources Ltd.

The 121 and 221 kimberlites occur on the east side of the main cluster of the Fort a la Corne Kimberlite Province. Eight HQ coreholes (121-09 to 13, 221-02 to 04) provided a total metreage of 1,745 m of core with a combined intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another.

intersection

a site at which one structure crosses another.
 of 624.3 m of kimberlite. Kimberlite thicknesses varied between 32.27 m and 177.5 m for kimberlite body 121 and between 51.16 m and 75.38 m for kimberlite body 221. Drillholes 04-121-011 and 04-221-002 were reduced to NQ size core at a depth of 165 m due to technical problems encountered while drilling. Medium to coarse-grained pyroclastic py·ro·clas·tic  
adj.
Composed chiefly of rock fragments of volcanic origin.



pyroclastic  

Composed chiefly of rock fragments of explosive origin, especially those associated with explosive volcanic
 units were intersected in the centre of each body and these are the highest interest areas. The average total core recovery for the 2004 121/221 drillholes was 97.1%.

Kimberlite 121

A total of 326 microdiamonds were recovered from 295.25 kg of kimberlite core in 36 samples utilizing 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
 methods at the Saskatchewan Research Council The Saskatchewan Research Council is a Saskatchewan, Canada technology corporation, owned by the province. It provides contract research, technology transfer and analytical services to companies in Saskatchewan and around the world.  (SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." ). Microdiamond recoveries were audited and individual stone sizes calculated by experts at the De Beers Kimberley Microdiamond Laboratory (KMDL) in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . Only microdiamond data from the SRC are reported here. Summaries of diamond recovery by kimberlite drillhole and by sieve category are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1: Summary of 2004 and Historical Kimberlite 121
         Microdiamond Results
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                Number                                        Stones
                    of  Sample     Carat         Average      larger
               Samples    Mass    Weight    # of  Stones/       than
Drillhole           (1)    (kg)  (carats) Stones    10kg    0.5 mm(2)
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04-121-009          19  155.95  0.430420     248   15.90           1
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04-121-010           4   32.95  0.000715      13    3.95           0
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04-121-011           5   41.00  0.000710      25    6.10           0
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04-121-012           4   32.65  0.005110      25    7.66           1
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04-121-013           4   32.70  0.000530      15    4.59           0
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 Total:             36  295.25  0.437485     326   11.04           2
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121            7 DH;43
 Historical(3) samples  875.75 0.1049610     378    5.18          17
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1 equals For the 2004 samples, representative sample intervals ranged
  from 4.2 to 33.6 m of kimberlite intersection; sample weights
  ranged from 8.05 to 8.35 kg
2 equals Stones with at least one axis greater than 0.5 mm in length
3 equals Due to the wide variance in sample mass per historical
  drillhole, the average stones/10 kg for the historical results
  was weighted by the mass of individual samples (a simple average
  of drillhole values was calculated at 4.32 stones/10 kg)


At first look, microdiamond recoveries in 2004 appear considerably higher than historical recoveries, which are shown at the bottom of Table 1. At 11.04 stones/10kg, the average stone density of the 2004 recoveries is more than double that of the historical recoveries and is actually much higher if the 94 microdiamonds measuring less than 0.075 mm are not included in the historical tally. However, the average is affected significantly by very high stone recoveries in 04-121-009, which was located near the centre of the body and proximal proximal /prox·i·mal/ (-mil) nearest to a point of reference, as to a center or median line or to the point of attachment or origin.

prox·i·mal
adj.
 to three historical holes with drillhole averages of greater than 6 stones/10 kg. While stone densities for the four drillholes located some 200 to 250 m away from the postulated pos·tu·late  
tr.v. pos·tu·lat·ed, pos·tu·lat·ing, pos·tu·lates
1. To make claim for; demand.

2. To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument.

3.
 central eruptive e·rupt  
v. e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts

v.intr.
1. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise.

2.
 vent are comparable to the historical results, there is some indication that the centre of the pipe is more microdiamond-rich than the margins.

It is not known why only two stones larger than 0.5 mm were recovered in the 2004 program (notably, one was recovered on the 2.8 mm sieve screen and weighs 0.41667 carats), but most of the larger stones recovered in the historical programs were from the same central area of the body.

Microdiamonds recovered from the 2004 program will be combined with all suitable historical diamond results and submitted to Mineral Resource Management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management
MRM Mobile Resource Management
MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers
MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry)
MRM Mormonism Research Ministry
MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat
) of De Beers for grade forecasts of commercial-sized diamonds based on statistical and graphical treatment of the data.
Table 2: Kimberlite 121 Microdiamond Recoveries by Drillhole and
         Sieve Category
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              +0.075  +0.106  +0.150  +0.212  +0.300  +0.425  +2.800
                  mm      mm      mm      mm      mm      mm      mm
Drillhole      Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-121-009        96      85      39      19       7       1       1
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04-121-010         6       2       3       2       0       0       0
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04-121-011        11      10       4       0       0       0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-121-012         4       7       4       4       3       3       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-121-013         7       4       3       0       1       0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total:          124     108      53      25      11       4       1
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Kimberlite 221

A total of 168 microdiamonds were recovered from 203.33 kg of kimberlite core in 25 samples utilizing caustic dissolution methods at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). Microdiamond recoveries were audited and individual stone sizes calculated by experts at the De Beers Kimberley Microdiamond Laboratory (KMDL) in South Africa. Only microdiamond data from the SRC are reported here. Summaries of diamond recovery by kimberlite drillhole and by sieve category are shown in Tables 3 and 4.
Table 3: Summary of 2004 and Historical Kimberlite 221
         Microdiamond Results
--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Stones
                                     Carat          Average   larger
            Number of    Sample     Weight     # of  Stones/    than
Drillhole   Samples(1) Mass (kg)   (carats)  Stones    10kg   0.5 mm
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-221-002          3     24.65   0.001030       16    6.49        0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-221-003         19    154.44   0.034955      137    8.87        2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-221-004          3     24.24   0.001370       15    6.19        0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total:            25    203.33   0.037355      168    8.26        2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
121           1 DH; 8
 Historical   samples    264.35  0.0781664       74    2.78        3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1 equals For the 2004 samples, representative sample intervals
  ranged from 5.15 to 25.8 m of kimberlite intersection; sample
  weights ranged from 8.08 to 8.25 kg


Microdiamond recoveries in 2004 were considerably higher than historical recoveries which are shown at the bottom of Table 3. At 8.26 stones/10kg, the average stone density of the 2004 recoveries is nearly three times that of the historical recoveries and is slightly higher if the 12 microdiamonds measuring less than 0.075 mm are not included in the historical tally. Most of the stones were recovered from a large amount of sample taken from the centrally located corehole 04-221-003 that was targeted on the eruptive vent and near to historic drillhole 221-001 drilled in 1996 using a conventional circulation rotary Rotary can refer to:
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 drilling method. A single large stone was recovered from corehole 04-221-003 weighing just over 0.025 carats and caught on a 1.18 mm sieve screen. Stone densities for all three 2004 coreholes are comparable despite drillholes 04-221-002 and 04-221-004 being located some 200 m away towards the margins of the body.

Microdiamonds recovered from the 2004 program will be combined with all suitable historical diamond results and submitted to Mineral Resource Management (MRM) of De Beers for grade forecasts of commercial-sized diamonds based on statistical and graphical treatment of the data.
Table 4: Kimberlite 221 Microdiamond Recoveries by Drillhole
         and Sieve Category
--------------------------------------------------------------------
              +0.075  +0.106  +0.150  +0.212  +0.300  +0.425  +1.180
                  mm      mm      mm      mm      mm      mm      mm
Drillhole      Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve   Sieve
--------------------------------------------------------------------
04-221-002         8       6       0       1       1       0       0
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04-221-003        55      33      27      15       5       1       1
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04-221-004         6       5       2       1       1       0       0
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 Total:           69      44      29      17       7       1       1
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For additional information and maps concerning the 2004 drilling results from Kimberlites 121 and 221, please see the Company's website at www.kensington-resources.com.

Brent Brent, outer borough (1991 pop. 226,100) of Greater London, SE England. The area is a rail and industrial center. Its manufactures include automobile parts, clocks and watches, and electrical equipment.  C. Jellicoe, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person for the Company and has reviewed the technical information herein. Microdiamond recovery was performed by Saskatchewan Research Council of Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskətn`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. . All aspects of quality assurance, quality control and sample chain of custody The movement and location of physical evidence from the time it is obtained until the time it is presented in court.

Judges in bench trials and jurors in jury trials are obligated to decide cases on the evidence that is presented to them in court.
 for the Fort a la Corne Joint Venture are managed by De Beers Canada Inc., the project operator.

Kensington Resources Ltd. is an exploration and mine development company currently focused on the high potential Fort a la Corne Diamond Project in Saskatchewan. The management team includes strong technical expertise and is committed to reaching a diamond producer status for the realization of shareholder value. The Fort a la Corne Diamond Project is a joint venture among Kensington Resources Ltd. (42.245%), De Beers Canada Inc. (42.245%), Cameco Corporation (5.51%) and UEM UEM Universidade Estadual de Maringa (State University of Maringa, Brazil)
UEM Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, Mozambique)
UEM Unione Economica e Monetaria
 Inc. (carried 10%). After fifteen years of exploration at Fort a la Corne, the joint venture partners have entered into an accelerated results-driven advanced exploration and evaluation phase targeted on reaching a pre-feasibility decision in 2008. The Fort a la Corne Diamond Project includes 63 identified kimberlite bodies within the largest diamondiferous kimberlite cluster in the world.

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