Lucapa Diamond and its partners Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. and Rosas & Petalas announced 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.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.
