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Dec 21, 2007
Stornoway Grants Stock Options
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY: TSX) has granted a total of 2,897,265 incentive stock options to directors, officers and employees of the Company pursuant to the terms of its Stock Option Plan.
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Dec 13, 2007
Stornoway Announces Additional Renard Diamond Recovery Results
21 Carat Diamond Recovered from 500 Tonne Lynx Dyke Sample

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide diamond recovery results...
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Dec 13, 2007
Stornoway annonce d’autres résultats provenant de la récupération de diamant à Renard
Un diamant de 21 carats a été récupéré dans un échantillon de 500 tonnes du dyke de Lynx

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY à la Bourse de Toronto) a le plaisir d’annoncer les résultats des activités de récupération de diamants dans trois autres volumineux échantillons qui ont été réce...
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Dec 12, 2007
Third Kimberlite Pipe At Aviat Proves Diamondiferous
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report that the AV9 kimberlite pipe has been confirmed as diamondiferous, returning 236 diamonds from caustic fus...
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Dec 3, 2007
Stornoway And Shear Recover 337 Carats From 356 Tonne Kahuna Bulk Sample
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced that processing of the bulk sample from the Kahuna kimberlite at the Churchill Diamond Project in Nunavut ...
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Nov 14, 2007
Stornoway and Shear Recover a 5.43 Carat Diamond from Churchill’s Kahuna Kimberlite
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. today announced the recovery of a 5.43 carat diamond from the second phase of processing of the 400-tonne bulk sample extracted earli...
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Oct 22, 2007
Stornoway Announces Positive Valuation Results From Renard Bulk Sample
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide complete diamond valuation results on its recently completed 6,500 carat bulk sample from the Renard project in north-central Québec, a...
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Oct 11, 2007
Stornoway And Shear Discover 31 New Kimberlites At The Churchill Project
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced that a total of 31 new kimberlites were discovered from prospecting and drilling in 2007 at the Churchill ...
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Sep 25, 2007
Stornoway And Motapa Commence Drilling At Sua Pan Project, Botswana
Stornoway Diamond Corp. (SWY – TSX) and Motapa Diamonds Inc. (MTP – TSX-V) are pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on their jointly held 815,000 acre Sua Pan Project in Botswana, Africa.
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Sep 19, 2007
Yves Harvey Appointed Member of Stornoway Board of Directors
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to announce that Mr. Yves Harvey has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.
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Sep 18, 2007
Stornoway And Shear Confirm High Commercial Diamond Content At Churchill’s Kahuna Kimberlite
93.54 Carats Extracted From Initial 107-tonne Sample

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced partial results from the first phase of processing of the 400-tonne...
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Sep 11, 2007
Qilalugaq Diamond Exploration Program Update
Four New Kimberlites Discovered, 27 Tonnes Collected

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide an update on the 2007 diamond exploration program at the Qilalugaq Project, situated north of Repulse Bay in Nunavut.
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Sep 6, 2007
Aviat’s Eastern Sheet Complex Points To Significant Tonnage
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide an update on the 2007 diamond exploration program at the Aviat Project, situated on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut.
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Aug 23, 2007
New Kimberlite Pipe Discovered At Aviat
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to announce that a new kimberlite pipe has been discovered from drilling on the Aviat Project, situated on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut.
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Aug 22, 2007
Stornoway Confirms no Exposure to Asset Backed Commercial Paper
Stornoway Diamond Corporation is one of Canada's leading diamond exploration and development companies, involved in the discovery of over 150 kimberlites in six Canadian diamond districts.
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Aug 14, 2007
Stornoway Reports 2,213 Carats Recovered From Renard 4
Diamond Recovery Phase of Renard Bulk Sample Program Now Complete

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide complete diamond recovery results from the Renard 4 kimberlite, the third individual kimberlite bulk sample to be completed as part of ...
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Aug 1, 2007
Stornoway Reports an Additional 31 Diamonds Weighing 1.74 Carats from a Tailings Audit of 2006 Mini Bulk Sample at Churchill
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced recovery of additional macrodiamonds from an audit of the tailings material from the 2006 Jigsaw, PST003, ...
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Jul 31, 2007
Stornoway Reports 1,602 Carats Recovered from Renard 2 Including a 15.46 Carat Stone
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide complete diamond recovery results from the Renard 2 kimberlite, the second individual kimberlite bulk sample to be completed as part of...
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Jul 25, 2007
Stornoway Commences Pre-Feasibility Study on Renard Diamond Deposit
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to report that AMEC Americas Ltd. (“AMEC”) and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, “Agnico-Eagle”) have been engaged to prepare a comprehensive ...
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Jul 24, 2007
Stornoway Completes Sale of Buffalo Head Hills Interest to Diamondex and Shore Gold
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY: TSX) is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of its 45% interest in the Buffalo Hills Project, located in north-central Alberta to Diamondex Resources ...
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Jul 17, 2007
Stornoway and Shear Announce Closing of BHP Billiton Diamond Inc's Interest in the Churchill Project
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced that they have acquired all of BHP Billiton Diamond Inc.’s (“BHPB”) interest in the Churchill Diamond Proj...
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Jul 10, 2007
Stornoway Enters Into Agreement with Bayswater to Explore Diamond Targets at Itza Lake Property, NU
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) is pleased to announce the Company has entered into an agreement with Bayswater Uranium Corporation (TSX-V: BAY) to explore Bayswater’s 430,738 hectare (1,0...
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Jun 20, 2007
Stornoway Reports 2,681 Carats Recovered from Renard 3 Including a 10.15 Carat Stone
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide complete diamond recovery results from the Renard 3 kimberlite, the first individual kimberlite bulk sample to be completed as part of ...
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May 18, 2007
Stornoway Announces Extension of Warrants
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) announces that it is extending the expiry date of 2,500,000 outstanding share purchase warrants of the Company (the "Warrants") which expire on May 1...
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May 17, 2007
Stornoway Reports an Initial Diamond Content of 150 cpht from Renard 3 Including a 7.8 Carat Stone
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide initial diamond recovery results from its 10,000 tonne bulk sample program at its Renard Project in north-central Québec, a 50:50 joint...
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May 14, 2007
STORNOWAY ISSUES CORRECTION TO WORKING CAPITAL AMOUNT ON MAY 14TH PRESS RELEASE
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) wishes to correct the press release titled “Stornoway Provides Exploration Update - On Schedule For First Renard Diamond Results In Q2”, released May 14 at 6...
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May 14, 2007
STORNOWAY PROVIDES EXPLORATION UPDATE
On Schedule For First Renard Diamond Results In Q2

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to provide an update on its extensive portfolio of diamond exploration and development properties. Stornoway’s Board of Directors has approved an ...
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May 2, 2007
Stornoway Completes 400-Tonne Mini Bulk Sample At Churchill Project’s Kahuna Kimberlite - New Kimberlite Discovered
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced that the collection of a 400-tonne mini bulk sample from the Kahuna kimberlite dyke on the Churchill proje...
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Apr 30, 2007
Over-Allotment Option for Stornoway’s Recent Financing Exercised
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (“Stornoway”) today announced that the syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation has exercised all of its 1,875,000 uni...
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Apr 26, 2007
Stornoway To Sell Interest In Buffalo Hills Project For $17.5 Million
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (“Ashton”), has entered into an agreement with Diamondex Resources Ltd...
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Apr 25, 2007
Stornoway Announces $8.5 Million Exploration Program at Churchill is Underway, Including a 500-Tonne Mini-Bulk Sample
Shear and Stornoway to Acquire Additional Interest in Churchill Project
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Apr 11, 2007
Stornoway Completes Prospectus Offering
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (“Stornoway”) announces today that it has closed the $25 million bought deal financing previously announced on March 20, 2007. Stornoway sold 6,670,000 flow-through c...
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Mar 20, 2007
Stornoway Diamond Corporation – $25 Million Bought Equity Financing
Stornoway Diamond Corporation has today entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and Canaccord Adams under which the underwriters have agreed to buy 12,5...
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Mar 20, 2007
Stornoway Repays Bridge Facility
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to announce that it has repaid, to a Canadian Chartered Bank (the “Bank”), all amounts owing under the bridge facility that was used to finance th...
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Mar 16, 2007
Stornoway Completes Convertible Debenture Offering
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to announce that it has completed the non-brokered sale of $20,000,000 in unsecured convertible debentures to Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ($10 mill...
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Mar 7, 2007
Stornoway To Raise $20,000,000 From Sale Of Convertible Debentures – Matt Manson Appointed President And Director
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered sale of $20,000,000 in unsecured convertible debentures to Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ($10 million...
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Mar 1, 2007
SUPREME COURT OF BC RULES IN FAVOUR OF ASHTON-STORNOWAY AMALGAMATION
Stornoway Diamond Corporation ("Stornoway") announces that the Supreme Court of British Columbia today dismissed the petition of Matthew S. Bingham, a shareholder of Ashton Mining of Canada...
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Feb 22, 2007
Collection of 10,000 Tonne Quebec Bulk Sample Complete
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) is pleased to announce that the collection of a cumulative sample of over 10,000 tonnes of kimberlite from Renard 2, Renard 3 and Renard 4 is now complete.
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Feb 22, 2007
L’Extraction D’Un Échantillon En Vrac De 10 000 Tonnes Est Complétée Au Québec
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX: SWY) est heureuse d’annoncer que l’extraction d’un échantillon en vrac totalisant plus de 10 000 tonnes de kimberlite provenant de Renard 2, Renard 3 et Renard 4...
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Feb 12, 2007
Diamond Recovery Of 16.42 Carats From 17.26 Tonne Mini Bulk Sample Of Four Kimberlites At Churchill Project
Highest sample grade of 2.09 carats per tonne recovered at PST003
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Jan 30, 2007
Agnico-Eagle Agrees to Assign Debt to Stornoway for Shares
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (the “Company”) announces that it and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico") have entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") under which the Company ha...
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Jan 29, 2007
Alberta Drill Program Underway
Samples of 100 and 200 tonnes to be collected from K14 and K6
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Jan 19, 2007
Stornoway Completes Acquisition Of Contact
Stornoway Diamond Corporation ("Stornoway") and Contact Diamond Corporation ("Contact") are pleased to announce that at midnight (Toronto time) on January 17, 2007 Stornoway acquire...
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Jan 18, 2007
Stornoway and Ashton to Vigorously Defend Court Action Brought Against Amalgamation
Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (“Ashton”) and Stornoway Diamond Corporation (“Stornoway”) announce that Matthew S. Bingham, a dissenting shareholder who held approximately 0.75 % of the common shares...
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Jan 16, 2007
Ashton and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Stornoway Complete Amalgamation
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (“Stornoway”) and Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (“Ashton”) are pleased to announce that the amalgamation of Ashton with a wholly owned subsidiary of Stornoway has now b...
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Jan 11, 2007
Stornoway Reports New Diamond Results from Aviat Kimberlites
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY) and Hunter Exploration Group are pleased to report diamond sample grades from minibulk samples collected at five of the 11 known kimberlite bodies on the Avi...
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Jan 8, 2007
Stornoway Reports An Additional 250 Macrodiamonds And 3,477 Microdiamonds From Surface Pits At Churchill
Stornoway Diamond Corporation (SWY:TSX) and Shear Minerals Ltd. (SRM:TSXV) today announced additional macrodiamond and microdiamond recoveries from the Kahuna, Notch, Jigsaw and PST003 kimberlites ...
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