Black Diamond Dene Limited Partnership Announces Horn River Contracts

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 30, 2009) - Black Diamond Income Fund ("Black Diamond" or the "Fund") (TSX:BDI.UN)is pleased to announce that it has recently entered into 2 separate agreements to provide workforce accommodation facilities in the Horn River area north of Fort Nelson, British Columbia. These contracts are the first to be structured inside the recently established Black Diamond Dene Limited Partnership. Each contract is with a large independent energy producer active in the area.

The first contract is for a minimum of nine months representing a construction accommodations camp for 218 men. Revenue from this contract inclusive of the installation and operations is expected to be approximately $5.5 million. The contract will employ existing Black Diamond equipment with each partner participating equally in the profits from the facility.

The second contract is 48 months in duration for a small operations camp representing approximately $850,000 in revenue over the period of the contract. The Black Diamond Dene Limited Partnership will own the equipment with each partner, Black Diamond and the Fort Nelson First Nation, participating equally in the ownership of the equipment and the profits of the camp.

The Fund is an unincorporated open ended investment trust governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta. The principal undertaking of the Fund, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Black Diamond Limited Partnership, and through its 50% equity participation in the Black Diamond Dene Limited partnership, is to rent modular structures for use as workforce accommodation and temporary workspace, and to provide complementary services including transportation, installation, dismantling, repair and maintenance of modular structures, as well as related services through three operating divisions consisting of Black Diamond Camps, BOXX Modular and Black Diamond Energy Services.

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