4 September 2018
Stornoway Diamond Corporation is pleased to report that it has achieved sustained underground mine production at the Renard Diamond Mine at or above the mine’s design capacity. This marks the completion of the production ramp-up of the underground mine. Over a 20-day period ending August 29, 2018, ore mucked and trucked to surface averaged 6,039 tonnes per day against a budgeted design capacity of 6,000 tonnes per day. Ore production is now being sourced from 16 active draw-points developed on 4 mining panels at the 290m level of the Renard 2 kimberlite. Ore processing during this period averaged 7,085 tonnes per day, with underground feed supplemented with ore derived from the Renard 65 open pit, as planned.