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RAPAPORT... Junior diamond miner Cream Minerals Limited executed first phase bulk sampling program in November and December 2006 on its offshore marine exploration license in Sierra Leone. Additionally, future plans include bulk sampling on this Sewa River License in coming months, which has not had exploration work conducted since the summer of 2005.
Fishing communities along the coast were consulted during this baseline data gathering in order to develop a working relationship with the people whose precarious livelihoods are based upon the same area of the Atlantic Ocean. Fishery enhancement is a potential long-term benefit that marine mining operations may be able to achieve without significant additional costs if built into the mining plan at an early stage Cream reported.
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