Luanda: Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners Endiama and Rosas & Petalas have recovered a 92 carat diamond from new Mining Block 28 at Lulo, in Angola.
The diamond had been recorded as a D-colour Type I diamond on the Yehuda colorimeter, it said in a statement.
Lucapa holds 40 percent of the alluvial diamond mining operations and was the operator of the project.
The company and its partners recently recovered a 227 carat diamond from Mining Block 28. “The recovery of the 92 carat stone marked another production milestone for Lucapa and its partners with the total weight of all special diamonds (individual stones weighing more than 10.8 carats) recovered from mining operations at Lulo now exceeding 10, 000 carats,” said company managing director Stephen Wetherall.
Meanwhile, Lucapa said it would commence drilling priority targets at Lulo having fully commissioned its new track-mounted drilling rig.
The company and its partners seek to identify the kimberlite source or sources of the high-value alluvial diamonds being recovered through current mining at Lulo.
