Lulo Samples recovers two diamonds of 1.33cts

1.08 carat diamond and 0.25 carat

Type IIa diamond recovered from L071 sample

 

Lucapa Diamond Company provides an update on kimberlite exploration at the Lulo diamond project in Angola. The kimberlite exploration program is designed to discover the primary hard-rock source(s) of the exceptional alluvial diamonds being mined in the greater Cacuilo valley.

 

The kimberlite bulk samples from L071, which is located in the Canguige catchment area, have now been treated. The sample totalling 2,380 bulked m3 was positive for diamonds, recovering two diamonds for a total weight of 1.33 carats. The largest is a 1.08 carat diamond and the second is a 0.25 carat Type IIa diamond.

 

The excavation and extraction of bulk samples from the remaining priority kimberlites and testing of anomalies of interest continues within the Canguige catchment area in our efforts to process as many bulk samples as possible this dry season and to identify the source of the diamonds recovered in the Canguige tributary stream sample.

 

Lucapa Managing Director Stephen Wetherall said, “This result evidences that we are in a diamondiferous kimberlite province and continues to support our view that a source of the exceptional diamonds being recovered in our alluvial mining program, lies within the Cacuilo catchment. 

We will work through as many of the priority kimberlites and targets as possible in the Canguige catchment area and greater Cacuilo valley this dry season.”