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Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd. (ASX:LOM) announced the recovery of more large special diamonds from the Mining Block 8 area at its Angola-based Lulo diamond project.
Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd. (ASX:LOM) announced the recovery of more large special diamonds from the Mining Block 8 area at its Angola-based Lulo diamond project. One gem clocks in at 90.32 carats.
As quoted in the press release:
The 90.32 carat D colour diamond is the biggest diamond recovered by Lucapa and its partners since alluvial mining commenced at Lulo in January 2015. The biggest overall Lulo diamond — a 131.40 carat D colour Type IIa gem — was recovered from preliminary bulk sampling in the same area as Mining Block 8 in 2012.
Lucapa and its partners have now recovered a total of 31 special diamonds from Mining Block 8 since mining commenced in this area on 10 August 2015 and a total of 33 of the preliminary bulk sampling results are included.
Click here to read the full Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd. (ASX:LOM) press release.