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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/13 -- Talmora Diamond Inc. (CNSX: TAI) is pleased to report the analytical work completed on cuttings from Packsack drill holes completed in 2012. The Packsack drill, rated for depths of up to 100', was used to sample and test the thickness of overburden over 4 magnetic anomalies in dolomite bedrock. Three of five holes penetrated glacial overburden and ended in rusty brown (lateritized?) clay, containing fragments of dolomite. Core could not be recovered and the cuttings have lost much of their fine fraction.

The magnetic anomalies have been deeply scoured by ice and are covered by bouldery till, which in turn is overlain by various thicknesses of lake sediment. Cuttings of the till and clay beneath three of the holes were chemically analysed and concentrates were examined for kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs).

Chemical analyses of the till cuttings show a 80-90% loss of Ca & Mg (dolomite) and lesser amounts of Al, Fe, Mn, Ti, K, Na and P (probably chlorite, limonite, mica) compared to the average till in the area. There is a 45% increase in Si (quartz sand) probably resulting from the loss of the above elements in fines.

The clay cuttings compared to the till cuttings show slightly higher values for all major elements except Si. The Si is still high in the clay cuttings indicating probable contamination from the overlying till as the clay section had to be re-drilled after each run because the hole collapsed. If the clay is weathered kimberlite a depression is expected to have formed above it and if it is of pre-Cretaceous age the depression may have been filled by Cretaceous marine sand. Almandine garnets in the clay cuttings also indicate contamination.

Compared to the till cuttings the clay cuttings have elevated values of minor elements. There is twice as much Cr and Mo; three times as much Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn, Pb and Sb; ten times as much Cu and Co; fifteen times as much W; and high Ag, As and Sn. All these elements except W are typically high in weathered kimberlite. The high W in the clay cuttings is probably contamination from the drill bits.

A very small piece of clay trapped in the core barrel between fragments of quartz filled and coated vugs in dolomite may be representative of the clay horizon. The composition of the clay is similar to the weathered lateritic alkaline ultramafic rocks at Errabiddy in Australia. However, high SiO2 (67.4%) in the clay is probably contamination by 1) quartz from vuggy dolomite that trapped it in the core barrel, 2) quartz from the overlying till or 3) quartz from marine sediments that would fill depressions above weathered kimberlite. The most striking characteristic of the clay compared to the average less than 80 mesh till in the area is high Al, low Ca and Mg together with relatively high LOI (loss on ignition), relatively high Ti, Nb, Cr, Li, V, As, Ce, Cs, Ga, Ge, La, Lu, Pr, Rb, Sb, Ta, Th, U and very high Pb. Low Fe and related Mn and Ni are unexpected because there is evidence of laterite weathering in the area. However, the Fe, Mn and Ni values of the clay are similar to those of African kimberlitic calcretes. The dolomite fragments that trapped the clay may have provided a local calcrete environment.