International Mining and Dredging Holding Ltd. (IMDH) has advised Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. that the conversion of the contracted sampling vessel MV DP the Explorer is completed and that the vessel will set sail from Singapore shortly. The vessel is currently under inspection by the “RINA Classification Society” in order to receive its final sailing and insurability certificates. The inspection is nearly completed and the vessel has already received approval on many of the systems inspected. The MV DP the Explorer will leave the JSML Shipyard in Singapore immediately after receiving its final inspection approval.
The MV DP the Explorer will sail from Singapore to Cape Town, South Africa, where it is expected to arrive on or about Jan. 5. The vessel will stay in Cape Town for about two months in order to install the sampling tool and the mineral recovery plant and to carry out some sampling and recovery tests. The sampling tool and the recovery plant are completed and ready to be mounted on board the vessel. Afri-Can will provide investors with a detailed time schedule for the sampling program following the vessel’s arrival in Cape Town. The aim of the complete surveying and sampling program is to delineate diamond resources on block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101.
