Lulo recovers 131 carat type IIa diamond

The 4th +100 carat diamond recovered in 2022  

Lucapa Diamond Company announces the recovery of a 131 carat white Type IIa diamond by Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML). The 131 carat stone is the 29th +100 carat diamond ever recovered and the 4th +100 carat diamond recovered at Lulo in 2022. 

In a comment on the occasion, the Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, said “Angola has proven, yet again, its enormous diamond potential. I am absolutely convinced that with discoveries of this nature we will be, in the near future, among the biggest diamond producers in the world. Companies can always count on the Ministry's full institutional support to ensure the proper performance of their operations.”  

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Endiama E.P, José Manuel Ganga Júnior, commented “The discovery of another large and high-quality diamond demonstrates the quality of the partnership between Endiama, Rosas & Petalas and Lucapa Diamond. We remain confident in this partnership and reiterate that we will do all we can to ensure that similar results are multiplied.”  

Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall, commented “We are extremely pleased with the recovery of another spectacular +100 carat Type IIa diamond at Lulo, which continues to illustrate the success of our long partnership with Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, the unique nature of the Lulo resource and the potential of the primary source exploration program.”