De Beers and the Angolan state diamond company Endiama negotiate a contract for investment in mineral resources, said an official.
Chief, De Beers for relations with the media mass Lynette Gould (Lynette Gould) has informed agency Rough & Polished, that, according to De Beers Group is, Angola, one of the leading diamond manufacturers, is very promising.
"We continue to believe Angola very promising, and our talks with Endiama contracted to invest in natural resources continues, - she said. - In light of this, we keep a small office in Luanda. "
De Beers Group licenses for exploration work in the area of kimberlite cluster Mulepe-1 (Mulepe-1) have expired in 2012.
An extensive exploration program conducted on the concession Lund Northeast (Lunda NE) from 2005 to 2012, led to the discovery of 118 kimberlite pipes.
Of these, 75 were tested for diamonds in that led to the assessment of the resources and the conceptual study field Mulepe-1, as a result, it was concluded that a separate deposit located unprofitable.
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Peregrine Diamonds announced that it has begun drilling on its kimberlite project sikwane (Sikwane) in Botswana.
It is reported that in the framework of the drilling company intends to understand the relationship of granite and kimberlite in the rock and take samples for analysis microdiamonds and minerals-indicators kimberlites.
Five vertical wells 100 m depth were scheduled each added in Peregrine.
De Beers company, previous work on the project has received a limited number of samples in the framework of the program of exploration of the restrictions imposed by vibratory-rotary drilling, and therefore the relationship of granite and in kimberlite rock found it was impossible.
"Interpretation of the results of chemical analysis available kimberlite indicator minerals - garnet and ilmenite - showed that sikwane kimberlites contain minerals-indicators, indicating the presence of diamonds, and have an average or high potential for development", - is spoken in Peregrine.
"The diamonds were recovered from the surface samples and downhole samples for kimberlite sikwane, although we do not have data on the availability of diamonds and their distribution in the ore body," - added to the company.
Peregrine holds 11 exploration licenses in Botswana, a total area of 661,330 hectares.
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