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Lucapa Finds Confirmed Kimberlite at Angola Project
Oct 7, 2015 5:42 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company has identified confirmed kimberlite material at its Lulo project in Angola.
The miner said the identification, L259, was a “significant outcome”
from its pitting and grade control programs around its Mining Block 8 alluvial
diamond field in the African state.
It also announced an expansion of the alluvial
gravels at the mining block, which has been the source of diamonds of more than
10.8 carats and fancy colors, the company said in a statement posted on its
website. It added that the site would remain the focus of its future alluvial diamond
production operations at Lulo.
Lucapa CEO Stephen Wetherall said the group had been recovering
both “large, valuable diamonds” and coarse kimberlite indicator minerals.
“This makes L259 a compelling target as we close in on our
major goal at Lulo, which is to find the primary kimberlite source or sources
of the exceptional alluvial diamonds we are recovering on a daily basis,”
Wetherall added in the statement.
“The area we have recovered kimberlite material from in our
ongoing pitting program also suggests this to be a significantly sized
kimberlite.”
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Tags:
Angola, kimberlite, Lucapa Diamond Company, Lulo, Rapaport News
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