Lucapa Recovers 2 Special Sized Diamonds in Recent Exploration

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited together with their Project Lulo partners, Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, have recovered a total of 41 diamonds weighing 66.05 carats in a recent kimberlite sample.

The sample also includes two special sized diamonds weighing 15.27 and 12.37 carats, with 12 diamonds greater than one carat recovered totaling of 50.21 carats.

Lucapa Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall said, “We are delighted with the result and recovery of Special sized diamonds from this Lulo kimberlite sample. The Lulo kimberlite exploration program has delivered tangible proof that the Lulo kimberlite province hosts primary sources containing Specials, confirming Lucapa’s and our partner’s long held views. Preliminary indications are that the kimberlite deposit has a very coarse (large) average stone size of 1.61 carats which, compares very favourably to two of the coarsest primary source kimberlites globally, the Mothae and Letšeng mines in Lesotho.”

Source: Lucapa
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