The President of the Republic of Angola João Lourenço signed the Decree permitting the redistribution of 16.4 per cent stake in the share capital of Catoca Ltd Mining Co to Wargan Holdings Limited that belongs 100 per cent to PJSC ALROSA. At a later stage, a 16.4 per cent stake in Catoca will be equally distributed between ALROSA and ENDIAMA E.P., a national diamond mining company.

The Decree of the President of the Republic of Angola will come into force early in January 2018.The transaction will be legally formalized in February-March this year. Upon its completion, the share capital of Catoca Ltd Mining Co will be distributed as follows: PJSC ALROSA – 41 per cent, ENDIAMAE.P. – 41 per cent, LL International Holding B.V. – 18 per cent.

The cost of 8.2 per cent stake in the share capital of Catoca Ltd Mining Co will be USD 70 million. ALROSA is planning to purchase the share with its own funds.

Catoca Ltd was established in 1992 and is engaged in diamond mining at Catoca deposit in Lunda Sul province. Catoca Ltd has two processing plants with the overall performance exceeding 10.0 million tons of ore per year. Every year Catoca Ltd mines and sells rough diamonds worth some 6.8 million carats. Its estimated reserves are 60 million carats.