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Lucapa recovers 176 ct diamond from Lulo

176 ct Lulo diamond

176 ct Lulo diamond

29th July 2024

By: Sabrina Jardim

Creamer Media Online Writer

     

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ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered the fifth diamond weighing more than 100 ct at its joint venture Lulo mine, in Angola, this year.

The 176 ct Type IIa diamond recovered is also the forty-fifth diamond weighing more than 100 ct to be recovered from the mine, and the eighth largest, since alluvial operations began in 2015.

The company says the continual recovery of these and other large, high-value diamonds has been a major source of revenue for Lulo over the years, as well as being a major informant to Lucapa’s kimberlite exploration programme.

Lucapa adds that it continues to hunt for the source of these large diamonds through the kimberlite exploration programme, which is currently bulk sampling kimberlites in close proximity to the mining blocks where the 176 ct diamond was recovered.

“The recovery of this 176 ct diamond is yet more confirmation of the massive potential of the kimberlite province where we are focussing our exploration efforts to find the source(s) of these magnificent gems.

“As can be seen from the image, the diamond has not travelled far as it still displays sharp, angular edges,” says Lucapa MD and CEO Nick Selby.

The Lulo mine is operated as a partnership between Lucapa, Angola’s Endiama and private Angolan company Rosas & Petalas.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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