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Lulo recovers two diamonds of Type IIa!

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  Lucapa sales over 10K carats year to date   Lucapa Diamond Company Limited presents its activities report and results for the Quarter ending 30 September 2020, Q3 2020 with Lucapa’s operational highlights for the Quarter include, 1: Record Quarter diamond production at Lulo with 9,387 carats recovered, 2: Bulk sampling completed at L071 and L072 resulting in the recovery of 1.33 carats from L071 including a 0.25 carat Type IIa diamond.   3: Completion of three diamond sales by SML, realising US$11.6m (A$16.3m), 4: Restructuring of the group’s borrowings successfully completed, 5: Approval of the Mothae kimberlite mine restart plan, 6: New diamond marketing channel approved by the Government of Lesotho, 7: ~280% increase in the Indicated Resource at Mothae.   SML’s operations at Lulo were partially impacted during the Quarter by the State of Emergency implemented in Angola because of the Covid-19 pandemic and presidential decrees regulating personnel movement. However, the Lulo