10:00 AM EST - Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. : reported that a 14.11 tonne mini-bulk sample of drill core collected from the CH-6 kimberlite returned 40.04 carats of commercial-sized diamonds larger than the 0.85 mm sieve size. The mini-bulk sample was divided into four sub-samples, based on geology. The sub-samples, which were processed separately and ranged in size from 1.03 to 7.56 tonnes, returned diamond grades of 6.81, 3.49, 2.82, and 2.03 carats per tonne. The sub-sample with the highest grade was collected from the upper portion of the pipe. Overall, the 14.11 tonne sample yielded 523 commercial-size diamonds, nine of which weighed 0.50 carat or more, including two diamonds larger than one carat. Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.
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