Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. has been informed by International Mining and Dredging Holding Ltd. (IMDH) that the contracted sampling vessel MV DP the Explorer left Singapore on Feb. 10, 2009, and is sailing for Cape Town, South Africa.
The Explorer will remain 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 Afri-Can’s Block J marine diamond concession in Namibia, in compliance with National Instrument 43-101.
