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To: alan holman who wrote (516)	11/9/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: Jesse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 577

From the release: Twin Gold has so far extracted a total of 161 diamonds, including 22 macrodiamonds, from 277 kg of kimberlite. The stones have been of consistent high quality, mostly white and transparent. A sample from TORNGAT 1 dyke, of more than twice the size already reported, is still in process. Results will be reported as soon as they are available. Terrif rezults w/ mar 'ta come. -j :>

To: alan holman who wrote (516)	11/9/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: Len Hynes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 577

Hi Alan; I would like to bring to the attention of followers on your thread, a recent news release by Copperhill Corp. of a discovery of the first kimberlites in Northern Labrador.With the recent discoveries of diamonds by Twin Gold just across the border in Quebec,it looks like we may have a whole new "diamond province" in the making.It would appear that Twin Gold and Copperhill may well attract the international attention of investors in the months ahead. Here is the Press Release: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Copper Hill Corporation 709-739-4780 709-739-4785 (FAX) copperhillcorp.com NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS FOR: COPPER HILL CORPORATION SHARES OUTSTANDING:16,647,140 (FULLY DILUTED: 17,751,140) CANADIAN DEALING NETWORK SYMBOL: CUHL NOVEMBER 5, 1999 Copper Hill Corporation ("Copper Hill"): First Kimberlite Dykes Positively Identified In Northern Labrador. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND--Copper Hill is pleased to announce the discovery of kimberlites on its claims in Northern Labrador-Nunavut. In September 1998, Copper Hill geologists sampled six of eight known dykes previously mapped by government geologists as ultramafic lamprophyres. Petrography and mineralogy both confirmed the presence of diamond indicator minerals within at least two separate kimberlite dykes. These results are significant, since they are the first kimberlite dykes discovered in Northern Labrador. Copper Hill is extremely encouraged by these findings and note that they are located in the same vicinity as the significantly diamondiferous kimberlite dykes very recently reported by Twin Gold Corporation just across the provincial border in Northern Quebec. In May 1999 the samples, including bedrock, stream sediments and one soil were split and sent to Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. (Kennecott) laboratory in Thunder Bay, Ontario. A discription of the mineralogical and chemical particulars are deferred to the underlying footnote. Based on the petrology to date, at least two of the six dykes sampled are kimberlites, and the remainder were classified as lamprophyres, though they have some mineralogical features in common with the kimberlites. Significantly, Kennecott's in-house discriminatory curves for pyroxene separates show that the geotherm for the dykes is permissive for diamond preservation. Copper Hill which trades on the CDN holds a number of mineral exploration projects in Newfoundland and Labrador. For further information, please call 709-739-4780; fax: 709-739-4785, or visit our web site home page at copperhillcorp.com to view project location maps and other data. On behalf of the Board of Directors, Earl R. Benson, President. Footnote: Sampling and mineralogical/chemical particulars: The initial sampling conducted by Copper Hill was of a reconnaissance nature, designed to determine whether the dykes were kimberlitic and not to test their diamond potential at that stage. The rock samples were less than 20 kg and collected from single sites within a dyke, and the stream and soil samples were less than 5 kg. The stream sediment samples are still being analyzed. All the samples were processed at Kennecott for greater than 0.25mm diamond indicator minerals and the rock samples also underwent petrological examination. The heavy mineral concentrates from these two dykes confirmed that they also contained diamond indicator minerals. These minerals included fosteritic olivine, G9 lherzolite garnet, eclogitic garnet, megacrystic garnet, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and chromite, a classic kimberlite suite. The diamond indicator minerals were sent to R.L. Barnett Geological Consultants of London, ON for analysis by electron microprobe, which confirmed the presence of the above material. Kennecott also reported the clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene chemistry, based on an in-house geothermobarometer plot within the temperature and pressure field of diamond. Also, Kennecott reports that the soil geochemical sample collected over one dyke yielded significant pyrope, chrome diopside and olivine. Kennecott recommended that Copper Hill collect more sample for caustic fusion to check for the presence of diamonds. Copper Hill plans an aggressive exploration and sampling program during which samples with a minimum of 150 kg will be collected from each site and detailed down-ice stream, soil and till sampling will be completed. -30-