Lucara Diamond 274.33 carats produced after processing 5916 tonnes Kimberlite with BK02 zone Botswana, the diamond content in the rock is estimated at 4.6 carats per hundred tons of ore.
The largest of the stones found turned out to be 5.48-carat brown diamond of octahedral shape.
In addition, 24 more were recovered stones weighing over 1 carat.
"The results of the completion of the first bulk sampling kimberlite VK02 very inspirational, and they are an important milestone for Lucara, - said CEO Uilyam Lemb (William Lamb) -. The completion of sampling, the ongoing exploration and obtaining production licenses, as well as the beginning of the program deep drilling on the southern lobe of the kimberlite open for Lucara ability to meet its obligations related to the expansion of the resource base in the Orapa region (Orapa) in Botswana. "
The results of the sampling kimberlite VK02 showed that the distribution of the diamonds on the project resembles that of mine cars (Karowe), also owned by Lucara.
The company plans to conduct a limited drilling program on VK02 to better define the boundaries of kimberlite, the internal geology and for the selection of material for analysis microdiamonds.
However, in Lucara noted that the mine cars program started drilling wells with a total length of 10 000 m for checking inventories rock below 400 m deep southern section kimberlite AK06.
The results of the drilling program and other studies will be used to form an updated resource assessment of the mine cars
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Amnesty International reported that diamond companies should stop using the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) to declare their diamonds free from human rights and conflict violations.
"Diamond companies continue to hide behind the veil of respectability they receive in the KP rather than taking responsibility for what happens in their supply chains," Amnesty spokeswoman Lucy Graham said at the plenary session of the KP in Luanda , Angola.
"The KP was created to stop the international trade in blood diamonds, but it did not achieve its goals, while the ethical problems facing the diamond sector have grown." Our recent report talks about child labor, smuggling,
Operation and tax evasion, "she said In her September report, Amnesty also reported that armed insurgents in the CARs derive profits from the diamond trade within the country, and it also said that diamonds from the CARs fall on international markets despite the efforts of KP.
Graham also said that, despite the obvious evidence of the need for change, the diamond industry has taken a defensive position in response to the publication of the Amnesty report and ignored the issues that were raised by the organization.
"He still hiding behind the veneer of respectability, proposed by the Kimberley Process, and do not take responsibility for what happens in their supply chains, "- she said.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the world's largest centers for diamond trade, will chair the chair of the KP on January 1 after Angola.
"The authorities of countries like the UAE should show their leadership, which means the adoption of laws that ensure the protection of human rights in the diamond supply chain," Graham concluded.
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