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From: Nigel
ArtDate: 24th October 2006
Section: (FILLYABOOTS NEWS RELEASES)
Remote Name: 87.74.94.128
Date: 21/11/06
Time: 00:02
24th October 2006
Xceldiam Limited Alluvial Exploration Update
News Item - Conduit PR
Alluvial Exploration Update
200,000 m3 of gravel resources identified and bulk sampling has commenced for grade assessment and economic evaluation
Trenching results reveal combined strike lengths of more than 8km, remaining open at both ends
Xceldiam (AIM: XLD), the Angolan diamond exploration company announces further progress on the delineation of alluvial deposits on the Luangue Concession in north eastern Angola.
To date, two areas have been the focus of exploration for diamond bearing alluvial gravel deposits in association with the Angolan parastatal Endiama and local partner Bapsil. These are the Canguvo area in the central north, and the Sampoio-Ngombo corridor along the Luangue river in the central areas of the 3 000 km2 Luangue concession.
In the Canguvo area, geological mapping of the trenching has revealed an average 1.16m gravel thickness occurring for over 3km along strike, open at both ends, under overburden cover averaging only 5.7m. In the Sampoio-Ngombo area, earlier pitting and drilling exercises have exposed two alluvial occurrences, a 0.5m thick flood plain gravel as well as a 1m thick terrace gravel, over a 5 km strike length. Trenching is underway and is being extended to sample both gravel horizons along the entire strike length. A small section of this target area was previously worked by small scale artisanal miners and is known to have produced good value diamonds.
A mobile sampling plant has been commissioned and has commenced pre-concentration of the stockpiled Canguvo gravels ahead of processing during October and November for diamond recovery and grade assessment. The construction of the main 70 tonne per hour sampling plant with associated dense media separation and X-Ray and grease diamond recovery circuits is complete and provides a secure and accurate environment for grade determinations. Processing of the stockpiled samples from both areas, now that a meaningful gravel resource has been established, has been initiated.
Tim George, Xceldiam’s CEO, commented “It is encouraging to have some 200,000 cubic metres of alluvial gravel resource delineated to date with both deposits being open-ended along strike. Work in the months ahead will define the full extent of the resources and the economic mining potential with a view to a production decision in early 2007. The information derived from the alluvials will also be useful in the ongoing drilling programme of the kimberlite occurrences around the alluvial deposits where we have completed over 1,000m of core drilling.”
Rolando Palaganas, Professional Certified Geologist, BSC- Geology Adamson University Manila Philippines, with 23 years mining sector experience, supervised the geological mapping of the Canguvo area and Sampoio- Ngombo corridor.
www.xceldiamgroup.com
For further information, please contact:
Tim George Xceldiam Limited +44 7910855640 / +27 82 573 4199
Ed Portman / Leesa Peters Conduit PR +44 20 7429 6603 / +44 7733363501
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