Kennady Diamonds Advances Kelvin - Faraday Kimberlite Drilling

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• Over 16 tonnes of kimberlite recovered from Kelvin
• High quality diamond found at site in Kelvin core

TORONTO, April 29, 2014 /CNW/ - Kennady Diamonds Inc. ("Kennady Diamonds", the "Company") (TSX-V: KDI) is pleased to provide an update on resource drilling at the Company's 100-percent controlled Kennady North diamond project located in Canada's Northwest Territories.

"We continue to make encouraging progress with the larger diameter drilling underway at the Kelvin kimberlite and have to date recovered over 16 tonnes of the planned 25 tonne mini-bulk sample", said Kennady Diamonds CEO, Patrick Evans.

Mr. Evans added: "We are particularly excited about the unusual recovery at site of a high quality white/colorless and transparent diamond measuring approximately 1mm in diameter. The diamond was found in core from the Kelvin hole KDI-14-012a at a down-hole depth of approximately 114 meters. While unusual, a 4.3 tonne sample recovered from the Kelvin kimberlite in 2013 did return a sample grade of 5.38 carats per tonne, which is exceptionally high". The diamond is being sent to the Geoanalytical Laboratories Diamond Services at the Saskatchewan Research Council where it will be weighed, measured and photographed. Further details of the diamond, including photographs, will be posted on the Company's website.

Table 1 below details the results from ten further Kelvin larger diameter drill holes where drilling is focused on the recovering of an approximate 25 tonne mini-bulk sample.

Table 1

*Includes minor country rock intercepts

Approximately 5,500 meters of drilling has been completed at the Kelvin kimberlite to date, resulting in the recovery of over 16 tonnes of kimberlite. Mr. Evans noted: "The Kelvin larger diameter drilling is continuing to recover wide intercepts in vertical and near vertical holes, which is very encouraging. We are hopeful that the vertical drilling will help identify the feeder pipe system of the Kelvin kimberlite, which has yet to be discovered".

Table 2 below details the results from delineation drilling underway at the Faraday kimberlite, which is taking place in the area known as Faraday 2. Delineation drilling has now commenced in the area known as Faraday 3, following which drilling will be conducted at Faraday 1. Encouraging geophysical anomalies have recently been identified in all of the above areas of the Faraday kimberlite. Mr. Evans noted: "We are pleased by the wide intercepts identified at Faraday 2 and are aiming to establish continuity across the approximate 1 kilometer strike of the Faraday kimberlite".

Table 2

*Not true widths
**Includes minor country rock intercepts

In early May, Kennady diamonds plans to move one of the drill rigs currently at Kelvin to newly identified drill targets outside and to the west of the Kelvin - Faraday kimberlite corridor. Ground geophysics has recently been completed at these targets which are now considered drill-ready.

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About Kennady Diamonds
Kennady Diamonds Inc. controls 100 percent of the Kennady North diamond project located immediately to the north, west and south of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine currently under development by De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds.

Kennady Diamonds aims to identify a resource along the Kelvin - Faraday kimberlite corridor of between a 5 and 8 million tonnes and also to identify new kimberlites outside of the corridor. This tonnage estimate is based on the drilling completed to date. The potential quantity is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient drilling to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.

An 8,500 meter drill program conducted in 2013 returned exceptional sample grades. A 4.3 tonne sample from the Kelvin kimberlite retuned a grade of 5.38 carats per tonne. A smaller 116 kg sample from the Faraday kimberlite returned a sample grade of 11.23 carats per tonne. The three largest diamonds recovered from the Kelvin kimberlite were a 2.48 carat off-white transparent octahedral, 1.06 carat off-white broken aggregate and a 0.90 carat off-white transparent irregular. The recovery of diamonds of this size and quality from a 4.3 tonne sample is very encouraging.

Qualified Person
This news release has been prepared under the supervision of Carl G. Verley, P.Geo., who serves as the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

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