Lucapa Diamond Company Limited and its partners Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (“Endiama”) and Rosas & Petalas are pleased to announce the recovery of the 23rd +100 carat diamond by Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo from the Lulo alluvial diamond mine in Angola.

The 144 carat Type IIa D-colour diamond was recovered from Mining Block 08, is the sixth +100 carat diamond recovered in 2021 so far and 23rd +100 carat stone recovered at Lulo since exploration and mining operations began.

A 144 carat rough diamond from the Lulo Mine. Image by Lucapa.

Lucapa Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall, commented “Including the first +100 carat recovery from MB46 as 2020 ended, SML has now recovered seven +100 carat diamonds in a little over three months. With these +100 carat recoveries and the two Special pink diamonds in inventory, SML is well positioned to achieve record diamond revenues for the first half of 2021.”

Image by Lucapa



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