Sunrise Res Regulatory News (SRES)

20 Mar 2006 09:52

Sunrise Diamonds PLC20 March 2006 www.sunrisediamonds.com 20 March 2006 LAB ANALYSIS YIELDS TWO MORE MICRO-DIAMONDS FROM ANOMALY 45 KIMBERLITE IN FINLAND • Results From Two 23kg Samples Taken From Two Separate Drill Holes • Total Of Seven Micro-Diamonds Now Found At Anomaly 45 Sunrise Diamonds plc ("Sunrise" or "the Company") is pleased to advise that twofurther samples from follow up drilling of the Anomaly 45 kimberlite in theKuusamo kimberlite cluster have returned micro-diamonds. The results follow further drill testing of the Anomaly 45 kimberlite in which 5holes were drilled in a NE-SW traverse across the kimberlite either side of thediscovery hole 45-01-05 announced in October 2005. The traverse established aminimum width for the kimberlite of 55m in a NE-SW direction. The dimensions inthe opposite direction are yet to be established. One micro-diamond was recovered from each of two separate samples of 23kg fromtwo separate drill holes. The micro-diamonds were recovered from kimberlitesamples from drill holes 45-03-05 (23.6 kg taken from 5.6-23.1m down hole) and45-04-05 (23.2kg taken from 7.9-28.5m down hole) after caustic dissolution ofthe kimberlite at the independent Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. laboratoryin Canada (Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025). All the samples analysed from theAnomaly 45 kimberlite have now returned micro-diamonds, a 26kg sample from drillhole 45-01-05 having yielded five micro-diamonds. As a part of the ongoing exploration in the Kuusamo kimberlite cluster a groundmagnetic and electro-magnetic survey has now been completed over an 8 sq.km.area surrounding the Anomaly 45 and 47 kimberlites and several further targetshave been identified. These additional targets will be tested as a part of thewider drilling programme now in progress in the Kuusamo area.The Company's exploration efforts in the Kaavi-Kuopio area are also continuing.A 28kg composite sample of existing drill core from the Koskeniemi kimberlitereturned no micro-diamonds but further sampling will take place in other knownkimberlites from this area in the near future. Further Info: Patrick Cheetham, Sunrise Diamonds plc. Tel: +44 (0)1625-505947.Mob: +44 (0)7767-458751 John Greenhalgh/Ron Marshman, City of London PR Ltd. Tel: +44 ( 0)20-7628-5518 The information in this release has been compiled and reviewed by Mr. PatrickCheetham (MIMMM, MAusIMM) who is a qualified person for the purposes of the AIMGuidance Note for Mining Oil & Gas Companies issued on March 16, 2006. MrCheetham is a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and also amember of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange