Mountain Province completed Wilson Drilling
Mountain Province Diamonds provides additional microdiamond and delineation results for the Wilson kimberlite that was discovered earlier this year and lays within the open pit mine plan for the Tuzo kimberlite. Accordingly, Mountain Province eighty six diamonds greater than 0.85mm recovered that weigh a total of 2.33 carats where new drilling includes an additional 409 meters of kimberlite from ten drill holes.
President and CEO of Mountain Province Stuart Brown commented, “These results, that follow on the discovery of Wilson earlier this year, are evidence that the life of the Gahcho Kué Mine is still an open-ended opportunity. Wilson has the potential to make a valuable contribution to the mine, and it represents only the early results of our combined exploration efforts with De Beers to continue to add value through further discovery in the area.”
The Wilson discovery was announced in June 2019 as a result of renewed exploration in the immediate area surrounding the Gahcho Kué kimberlites. Drilling completed since has an additional ten drill holes that have further delineated the Wilson body, as well as kimberlite sheets that occur adjacent to and west of Wilson.
After preliminary logging at the mine site, drill core was secured and shipped to a logging facility located in Calgary, Alberta that is operated by De Beers Technical Services. A total of 1,702 kilograms of kimberlite was treated for microdiamonds, with 5,560 diamonds recovered from the +0.075mm size classes. Eighty-six +0.85mm diamonds recovered from the two drill holes weigh a total of 2.33 carats.
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of the core to define internal lithologies for Wilson is ongoing with results expected in early 2020.
