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PROJECTS
Lulo Kimberlite Exploration
Lucapa and its partners are exploring for the primary source of the large high value diamonds which are recovered through the alluvial mining activities at Lulo. We are accelerating the search for the kimberlites which hosted those stones.
Lulo Alluvial Mine
A prolific producer of large high value diamonds, Lulo production takes the crown for the highest price per carat for alluvial diamonds in the world.
Merlin Diamond Project
Two decades ago, Merlin produced half a million carats of diamonds over five years. After acquiring it in 2021, Lucapa has conducted a Scoping Study and is currently undertaking a feasibility study to bring the project back into production.
Brooking Lamproite
Exploration Project
Early stage exploration project in Australia’s West Kimberley region with a history of producing diamonds.
Our Assets
Our operations
We operate one mine with local partners and have development and exploration projects across Africa and Australia.
Our mining interest is in the Lulo Alluvial Mine in Angola. We are exploring for diamonds in Angola and conducting a feasibility study into the development of the Merlin Diamond Project in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The diamond cutting process
How the diamond cutting process works.
All diamond mines produce gem quality and non-gem quality diamonds. The gem quality diamonds are polished for jewellery while the non-gem quality diamonds are used in industrial applications. Once rough diamonds are recovered from the mine, they go through a separate process to create the polished gem from the rough stone. Diamonds are the hardest known substance at 10 on the Mohs scale of hardness and they are notoriously difficult to facet. Each step of the manufacturing technique is done with precision to obtain the greatest yield and value from the rough diamond. Computer driven technology, lasers and measurement systems have greatly aided this process in recent decades.