The new diamond discovery in Liberia is being advanced, marine diamond producer, Diamond Fields International (DFI), has announced.

The discovery is in the form of DFI’s second kimberlite find in that country.

Geologists discovered the kimberlite outcrop in Camp Alpha Dyke, previously targeted by artisanal miners.

DFI said in a media statement that additional indicator-mineral anomalies coincident with recessive swamps had been identified in three other locations on this grid and that a ground geophysical survey would be completed to confirm dimensions and grades.

Samples of weathered kimberlite were recovered from both the Dyke trend and the initial kimberlite discovery, Bravo, and are being analysed for diamonds in DFI’s newly established sample-processing facility, in Monrovia.

The company said that sampling continued to generate kimberlite indicator minerals in areas to the west of the Camp Alpha and Bravo clusters, indicating that DFI had at least four clusters of kimberlite anomalies containing a number of individual targets.

Meanwhile, artisinal gold-mining within the Camp Alpha property had begun in four areas surrounding the Henry Town mining centre.

On gold, DFI stream-sediment reconnaissance indicated that gold anomalies had been far more pervasive than current mining would indicate. The company said it planned further reconnaissance as well as detailed mapping around current workings to generate targets for drilling.