De Beers negoceia novas concessões diamantíferas em Angola

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Leading global diamond miner De Beers has announced that it is currently having ‎discussions with the Angolan government and state-diamond company Endiama for ‎new concessions, Rough & Polished reports. Group head of media relations Lynette Gould said that early stage work was expected ‎to commence this year. ‎ De Beers had completed an extensive exploration program on its Lunda Northeast ‎concession from 2005 to 2012, where 118 kimberlite pipes were discovered. Of ‎these, 75 were tested for diamond grade, leading to the resource evaluation and ‎conceptual study of the Mulepe-1 deposit, which concluded that a stand-alone deposit ‎was not economic under current assumptions. “Consequently, the decision was ‎taken to relinquish the Lunda NE concession,” Gould said.‎