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Gold/Mining/Energy : Canadian Diamond Play Cafi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Letmebe Frank who wrote (2448)	2/8/2005 8:33:05 PM
From: Famularo	Respond to of 16206

RENARD 2 BULK SAMPLE RETURNS 90 CPHT Thirteen diamonds exceed one carat; Quebec parcel reaches 428 carats Robert T. Boyd, President and CEO of Ashton Mining of Canada (“Ashton” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to report encouraging diamond results from 162 tonnes of material collected by reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling from the Renard 2 kimberlitic body. The sample was processed by dense media separation (“DMS”) and returned 146 carats of diamonds, for an estimated diamond content of 90 carats per hundred tonnes (“cpht”). This material constitutes part of the 660-tonne bulk sample collected in 2004 by Ashton and its 50:50 joint venture partner, SOQUEM INC. (“SOQUEM”), from the Renard 2, 3, 4 and 65 bodies on the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec. To see the complete release, please click on this link: www.ashton.ca/news/2005/05-04.html or visit Ashton's website at www.ashton.ca. Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. Tel: 604) 983-7750 Fax: (604) 987-7107 Email: Contact@ashton.ca