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.
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