Lucapa recovers 160ct diamond at Lulo

HIGHLIGHTS
• 160 carat white Type IIa diamond recovered from the same alluvial mining block as the “Lulo Rose”, a 170 carat pink coloured diamond
• 28th +100 carat diamond recovered and 6th largest at Lulo
• Strong Specials recoveries from alluvial mining in lezirias (flood plains)

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited and its partners, Endiama and Rosas & Petalas, announced the recovery of a 160 carat white Type IIa diamond by Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo. The 160 carat diamond is the 28th +100 carat diamond recovered at Lulo and was mined from the same alluvial mining block as the “Lulo Rose”, the 170 carat pink coloured diamond recovered in July 2022. The 160 carat diamond is the 6th largest recovered at Lulo to date.

As noted in the 2022 Half Year Report, SML transitioned to the lezirias (flood plains) towards the end of the first half of 2022 (refer ASX announcement 31 August 2022). Diamond recoveries have been strong with over 100 Specials (diamonds weighing more than 10.8 carats) recovered in the last two months.