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To: Dev who wrote (2633)10/19/1998 10:58:00 PM
From: Famularo  Respond to of 4256
 
Target 3 is a low mag signature. Kenneccott is using this hole to compare to the first two. If they hit on this, it will open up more targets than the 7-8 they will drill prior to yearend.. Last I heard, they were 90 meters into this third target. Like Frank K indicated, target four is probably going to be Pagasus which is one of their best targets. By the fourth hole completion, they will have at least 3 kimberlites. regards frank



To: Dev who wrote (2633)10/20/1998 10:25:00 AM
From: JP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4256
 
<<Any comments on how and what will be required of targets 3 and 4 to impact positively or negatively on the share value>>

We need diamonds now. Nothing else will matter. JP



To: Dev who wrote (2633)10/20/1998 4:15:00 PM
From: Famularo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4256
 
Third kimberlite pipe discovered

Montello Resources Ltd MEO
Shares issued 37,716,158 Oct 19 close $0.42
Tue 20 Oct 98 News Release
Also Redwood Resources Inc (RDW)
Mr. Patrick Power reports
Montello Resources and Redwood Resources have received the following report
from Kennecott Canada Exploration:
Drilling of the third target in its current program has intersected a third
kimberlite pipe (Dragon) at 135.9 metre depth. The hole was terminated at
193.2m depth still in kimberlite. Mudstone is intercalated within the
kimberlite suggesting contemporaneous deposition.
The discovery of the Dragon kimberlite was especially encouraging because
the target represented a subtle magnetic low anomaly. The distinction
being, that the two previous kimberlite pipe discoveries (Phoenix and Roc)
were targeted because of the fact that they were magnetic high anomalies.
Now that both magnetic low and magnetic high targets have produced
kimberlite pipes the total number of targets has increased. This translates
into an expanded drill program that will now require drilling into 1999.
The drill rig is now at the fourth target Wyvern, which is a magnetic high.
Palynology has been received from mudstones extracted from the Phoenix
pipe. They returned Upper Cretaceous ages ranging from
Campanian-Maastrichtian, which suggested a maximum age for the kimberlite
of 82 million years.
Preliminary heavy mineral chemistry has also been returned from a 15kg
sample of the Phoenix kimberlite. Abundant olivine and ilmenite along with
rare chromite were reported. No garnets or clinopyroxene were reported. The
ilmenites are high in MgO and as such suggest good conditions for the
preservation of diamonds. The chemistry reported that the olivine levels
(Fo 88-92) are typical of kimberlite pipes. The presence of diamonds
requires confirmation by caustic fusion analysis which is still continuing
and due in approximately four weeks.
Kennecott is encouraged by the fact that the first three targeted anomalies
have produced three kimberlite pipes therefore the identification of more
anomalies is continuing.

Approx. size
of Anomaly Drilled/Confirmed
Target (m) Kimberlite/Depth

Phoenix 400 x 400 Drilled, kimberlite
intersected at 102.7m

Roc 200 x 200 Drilled, kimberlite
intersected at 120.4m

Dragon 300 x 350 Drilled, kimberlite
intersected at 135.9m

Wyvern 1,000 x 150 Drilling commenced

Chimera 150 x 100 To be drilled in 1998

Pegasus 400 x 300 To be drilled in 1998

Griffin 400 x 400 To be drilled in 1998

Xena 300 x 300 To be drilled in 1998

Medusa 1,400 x 150 To be drilled in 1998

Legend 400 x 400 To be drilled in 1998