Brooking explores 1.2K micro diamonds

Lucapa Diamond and Leopold Diamond provides update from the Brooking diamond project in Western Australia’s West Kimberley lamproite province in under the new exploration program since October last year. Brooking project followed up on the significant micro- and macro-diamond counts in Q4 2018.

The first two holes drilled at the Little Spring Creek diamond discovery and recovered 119 micro and macro diamonds. In another follow up recovery reached to about of 1,100 micro and macro diamonds. A total of 11 diamonds weighing 0.284 carats were recovered from the processing. Two micro diamonds and high levels of chromites were recovered. For all those reasons, Lucapa believes the Brooking project remains prospective for diamondiferous lamproite discoveries.

Lucapa is a growing diamond company with a portfolio of high-quality mines in Angola and Lesotho, along with exploration projects in Angola, Australia and Botswana. The Company’s focus on high-value diamond production is designed to protect cash flows in a sector of the diamond market where demand remains robust.