Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. announced the discovery of additional kimberlite, approximately 40 metres to the northeast of the modeled Tuzo kimberlite.
In addition, the drilling of the Hearne Deep and the Northwest Extension has seen multiple intercepts of up to 287 metres of kimberlite.
In the 2023 program ten of eleven drillholes collared within and outside of the Hearne pit have intersected kimberlite with the longest intersection being 287 meters.
Mark Wall, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer commented:
"These latest results at Hearne confirm that a significant volume of kimberlite exists in the Northwest Extension. Combined with our earlier results, we now have 21 drillholes that define the extension below the final pit and to the northwest. We are actively engaged with our operating partner De Beers to look at ways to recover this deeper kimberlite by underground mining."
Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished
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