Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. announced the appointment of Tom McCandless as Vice President of Exploration, effective November 1, 2018. Dr. McCandless has over 40 years of experience in mineral exploration, and was directly involved in the exploration that led to the discovery of the Ekati and Renard diamond mines. More recently he served as a Director on the board of Kennady Diamonds Corp. where he was part of the team responsible for the due diligence and negotiations leading to the acquisition of Kennady Diamonds by Mountain Province in April 2018. As president of MCC Geoscience Inc. he has consulted for grassroots exploration through to operating mines located in North and South America, Africa and Europe.