Twice the diamonds for SWY

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STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. $0.66 (Toronto symbol SWY; SI Rating: Start-up) (888-338-2200; www.stornowaydiamonds.com; Shares outstanding: 288.4 million; Market cap: $189.4 million; No dividends paid) has revealed an updated preliminary economic assessment of its 50%-owned Renard diamond project in Quebec. This new study predicts Renard could be nearly twice as profitable as expected. Stornoway now envisions a bigger mine at the site. This mine would produce almost 30 million carats of diamonds over its 25-year life. At today’s prices, these diamonds would be worth a total of about $4 billion. There is also potential to further expand the mine’s reserves through exploration. The company aims to complete a full feasibility study and make a production decision by the end of 2011. If it goes ahead, Renard could be Quebec’s first diamond mine. Stornoway Diamond Corp. is still a buy for highly aggressive investors. investors…