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Arctic Star Exploration: 111 Diamonds in 48.65kg of Kimberlite Core Sample

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 26, 2017) - Arctic Star Exploration Corp. (TSXV: ADD) (FSE: 82A1) (WKN: A2DFY5) ("Arctic Star" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received more diamond results from the White Wolf kimberlite in Finland.

The Finnish Geological survey (GTK) has a policy of storing core from exploration and the Company was fortunate to learn that much of the core from the past drilling was available at the GTK core storage facility at Loppi, north of Helsinki. Roy Spencer, Arctic Star director was given access to the core, which was reviewed, in part re-logged and then sampled. Permission to take 48.65kg of split core for further caustic fusion analysis was given, and the samples were sent to the Saskatchewan Research Council laboratory in Saskatoon. The drill core was of NQ size and was split by core splitter, and the results are as follows.

Table 1: Micro-diamond assay results for diamond drill core recently sampled by Arctic Star, White Wolf kimberlite.

Kimberlite Sample Weight Kg +0.106
mm
+0.15
mm
+0.212
mm
+0.3
mm
+0.425
mm
+.60
mm
+.85
mm
+1.18
mm
Total Stones
White Wolf 48.65 47 35 11 11 1 5 0 1 111

These results represent approximately 52.7m of core.

The results of the earlier due diligence surface sampling undertaken by Arctic Star are reported in table 2. In this case the samples were sent to the Microlithics Laboratory in Thunder Bay for caustic fusion analysis. These results are as follows.

Table 2: Micro-diamond assay results for the Arctic Star surface samples reported previously, White Wolf kimberlite.

Kimberlite Sample Weight Kg +0.106
mm
+0.15
mm
+0.212
mm
+0.3
mm
+0.425
mm
+.60
mm
Total
Stones
White Wolf 18.9 23 16 13 4 2 0 58

Table 3: Total Micro-diamond assay results for the White Wolf kimberlite table 1 plus table 2.

Kimberlite Sample Weight Kg +0.106
mm
+0.15
mm
+0.212
mm
+0.3
mm
+0.425
mm
+.60
mm
+.85
mm
+1.18
mm
Total Stones
White Wolf 67.55 70 61 24 15 3 5 0 1 169
  • Microlithics Laboratories Inc., of Thunder Bay, ON ("Microlithics") is independent of the issuer, and is not ISO accredited. Kevin Kivi, P.Geo. has audited Microlithics to verify sample preparation and analytical methods for diamond recovery were appropriate.

  • SRC of Saskatoon, SK is independent of the Issuer and is ISO accredited.

  • There was a chain of custody in use for these samples, supervised by GTK.

  • Diamonds results reported using CIM guidelines.

Microdiamonds can be used as a predictive guide to diamond grade by constructing graphs of size (Carats or mm) versus frequency (number of stones). The majority of diamondiferous kimberlites around the world show an exponential relationship between the number of small diamonds and large diamonds and the goal at this stage of evaluation is to gather enough caustic fusion sample to construct a smooth distribution through the sieve sizes shown in the above tables. The next step will be to commence a drill program to collect more Caustic fusion samples, and delineate the size and shape of the kimberlites. This program would commence on the completion of ground geophysical surveys designed to help plan this drill program.

About Arctic Star: Arctic Star is an experienced diamond and mineral exploration company, with diamond exploration properties in Nunavut (Stein), the NWT (Diagras and Redemption) and in the Athabasca Basin of SK. The Company has been planning and de-risking its entry to Finland over the last year, and is pleased to present what it believes is the pre-eminent new field opportunity to shareholders in the Timantti Project.

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