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Senior Vice President Exploration and Development,
RTEC has been performing additional exploration programs (which RTEC refers to as "FalCon Orbit" programs) to investigate and prioritize the Corporation's Fort à la Corne kimberlites outside of the Star and Orion South kimberlites.
Orion North K120 Core Hole # 120FB001 Number of Diamonds per | |||||
Microdiamonds | |||||
+0.106 | +0.150 | +0.212 | +0.300 | +0.425 | +0.600 |
185 | 86 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
Macrodiamonds | |||||
+0.850 -1.180 | +1.180 -1.700 | +1.700 -2.360 | +2.360 -3.350 | +3.350 -4.750 | +4.750
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Number of Diamonds: 323 Total Sample Weight: 231.45 kilograms (dry) |
The cut-off between micro- and macrodiamonds is 0.85 millimetres. |
Diamond results reported in this news release are based on caustic fusion processing and diamond sorting completed for RTEC by
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All technical information in this press release has been prepared under the supervision of George Read, Senior Vice-President of Exploration and Development, a registered Professional Geoscientist in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and British Columbia and Mark Shimell, Project Manager, a registered Professional Geoscientist in the Province of
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These forward-looking statements are based on the Corporation's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to it and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific.
Risks exist that forward-looking statements will not be achieved due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, developments in world diamond markets, changes in diamond prices, risks relating to fluctuations in the Canadian dollar and other currencies relative to the US dollar, changes in exploration, development or mining plans due to exploration results and changing budget priorities of RTEC or the Corporation, risks related to the legal proceedings commenced by the Corporation against RTEC, the effects of competition in the markets in which the Company operates, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, risks related to the operation of the BSP and the processing methods being used by RTEC and the effectiveness thereof, the impact of changes in the laws and regulations regulating mining exploration, development, closure, judicial or regulatory judgments and legal proceedings, operational and infrastructure risks and the additional risks described in the Corporation's most recently filed Annual Information Form, annual and interim MD&A. The Corporation's anticipation of and success in managing the foregoing risks could cause actual results to differ materially from what is anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
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