Not knowing anything about the diamond recovery process, I have been trying to research a bit in an effort to judge the rumour that a magnetic oxide might have interferred with SRC's machine. Although I haven't found any description of the process that SRC followed, others have stated that caustic fusion was not utilized, so I am guessing (please correct me if I'm wrong) that the method used was the same or similar method that was applied to Hudson's (TSX: HUD) sample (which method was thoroughly explained in the HUD Press Release that accounced the results):

"The samples were processed by the GeoAnalytical Laboratories at the Saskatchewan Research Council ("SRC"), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an independent laboratory. SRC is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard by the Standards Council of Canada as a testing laboratory for specific tests. The circuit is comprised of a Flow Sort twin pass x-ray unit followed by a grease table. The material is first sized over a vibrating screen into 1-3mm, 3-6mm and 6-12mm size fractions. Concentrate from the Flow Sort goes directly into a locked container, which is opened in a secured picking room for hand sorting. The Flow sort tailings pass over the grease table in order to capture any diamonds missed by the x-ray machine. The Grease table concentrate is then placed into a secure cage for overnight degreasing then moved to a secure hand sorting room."

I found another interesting summary at the following site:

http://www.energymanagertraining.com...

Any thoughts? Do we think that SRC used the X-Ray and Grease method?