Lucapa has recovered a 195-carat Type IIa diamond from its Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola. It’s the fourth +100-carat diamond to be recovered at Lulo this year and he 44th since the Australian miner started commercial operations in January 2015. It’s also the sixth largest in the mine’s history. The largest ever recovery was a […]

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Lucapa Diamond has described the initial results of its exploration to locate the hard-rock kimberlite source(s) of the alluvial diamonds within the prolific Lulo diamond field in Angola as “exciting and highly encouraging”, and expressed confidence that the initial data has justified the efforts taken in this direction. In a statement issued by the Company […]

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ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of Lesotho have announced results from the second tender in 2019 of diamonds from the new Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. The parcel of 7,008 carats of rough diamonds sold at tender in Antwerp for a total of US$3.5 million. The tender included prices of up to US$26,000 […]

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Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd reported a 10% increase in recovery of diamonds to 4,507 carats in the first quarter of 2018 that ended on March 31 (Q1 2017: 4,098 cts), while releasing its quarterly update last week. It added that this included a 53% increase in the number of Special diamonds recovered to 58 (Q1 […]

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Lucapa Diamond Company Limited has announced that it will hold the next sale of rough recovered from alluvial mining at the Lulo Diamond Project in Angola, in early 2018; though the actual date has not yet been announced. “The timing of this sale is designed to maximise sale proceeds by selling into a usually stronger […]

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