Majescor Announces New Kimberlite Pipe Discovered on Brauna Property in Brazil.MONTREAL -- Majescor Resources Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:MAJ) (40% interest) and its partner Vaaldiam Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VAA VAA Virgin Atlantic Airways VAA Vaasa, Finland - Vaasa (Airport Code) VAA Voice Activated Assistant VAA Visual Arts Association VAA Viatical Association of America VAA Visual Access Angle ) (60% interest) have discovered a new kimberlite kimberlite: see diamond. kimberlite or blue ground Dark, heavy, often fragmented igneous rock that may contain diamonds in the rock matrix. pipe on the Brauna diamond property, situated in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil.The new pipe was discovered during prospecting of a ground magnetic anomaly Magnetic Anomaly may refer to:
The Brauna project comprises three exploration concessions which now encompass four known kimberlite pipes, or blows associated with a system of kimberlite dykes that have been traced over a distance of approximately 15 kilometres.Based only on the surface exposures, the pipes range in surface area from 0.50 hectares at the Brauna 7 pipe, to 2.0 hectares at the Brauna 3 pipe.Only one of the pipes has been tested by drilling.Surface exposures of kimberlite within the dyke or fissure fissure /fis·sure/ (fish´er) 1. any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise, especially a deep fold in the cerebral cortex involving its entire thickness. 2. a fault in the enamel surface of a tooth. systems indicate widths ranging from 0.7 metres at the Brauna 6 occurrence, to 5 metres at the Brauna 8 occurrence. During the mid-1990s, De Beers completed a limited surface sampling program on the kimberlites, which demonstrated that both the kimberlite pipes and dykes on the Brauna property are diamondiferous. The largest diamonds recovered from individual samples were 0.31 carats and 0.50 carats.All of the samples were quite small with volumes of less than 5 cubic metres Noun 1. cubic metre - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters cubic meter, kiloliter, kilolitre metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms . By the year 2000, a local farmer had started mining activities at the 2.0 hectare Brauna 3 pipe, situated approximately 1.5 kilometres to the south of the Brauna 4 pipe.Production records from the manual mining operation indicate that during 2000 and 2001, a total of 250 diamonds with a total weight of 372.9 carats were recovered from colluvial gravels and soils that were excavated immediately downslope n. 1. a downward slope. Noun 1. downslope - a downward slope or bend declivity, declination, declension, fall, decline, descent downhill - the downward slope of a hill from the Brauna 3 kimberlite.The individual diamonds reportedly ranged in size from as small as 0.20 carats to as large as 15.5 carats, with a significant portion of stones falling in the one to three 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. range, with the average stone size 1.49 carats.A two-metre thick cap of calcrete overlies the Brauna 3 kimberlite, which appears to have prohibited mining of the kimberlite pipe itself.However, a small 8 metre deep pit that was excavated through the calcrete and into the kimberlite reportedly resulted in the recovery of a 3.55 carat diamond from a small sample. Vaaldiam, as operator of the joint venture, has mobilized two drill rigs to the property to complete a program of delineation drilling at the four known kimberlite pipes, in advance of a bulk sampling program that is expected to start during the first quarter of 2006. This release has been reviewed by Jose Ricardo Pisani, Vaaldiam's Vice President, Exploration who is a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101. About the Company: Majescor is an exploration company with a large portfolio of diamond properties in Quebec, as well as projects in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, territory (2001 pop. 37,360), 532,643 sq mi (1,379,028 sq km), NW Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut, N of lat. 60°N, and E of Yukon. , Brazil and Madagascar. To find out more about Majescor Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MAJ), visit our website at www.majescor.com This press release is available on the Majescor IR HUB for investor commentary, feedback and questions.Investors are asked to visit http://www.agoracom.com/IR/Majesco .Alternatively, investors are asked to e-mail all questions and correspondence to MAJ@agoracom.com where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and correspondence directly. 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. does not accept responsibility for adequacy or accuracy of this release. Majescor Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MAJ) |
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