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BlueRock DiamondsPLC - Diamond Sale Update
11th October 2022, 11:36
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BlueRock Diamonds PLC
11 October 2022
 

BlueRock Diamonds PLC / AIM: BRD / Sector: Natural Resources

11 October 2022

BlueRock Diamonds PLC ('BlueRock' or the 'Company')

 

Diamond Sale Update

 

BlueRock Diamonds PLC, the AIM listed diamond producer, which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine ('Kareevlei') in the Kimberley region of South Africa, is pleased to announce that it sold a 10.22 carat stone in its September 2022 sale yielding USD122,888.  

 

BlueRock CEO, Victor Dingle, said, "Kareevlei continues to yield highly coveted, quality diamonds, which sell at premium prices as highlighted by this recent tender that saw the sale of a 10.22 carat stone for c.USD123k; as our new mine plan develops, we envisage an increasing number of similar discoveries."

 

Table 1: Large stones recovered in 2022

Date sold 2022

Carats

Value

USD000

Value per carat

USD000

September

10.22

123

12

August

11.62

84

7.2


10.02

81

8.1


9.04

76

8.4


6.77

52

7.6


6.88

52

7.5


10.35

50

4.8

July

5.97

55

9


7.4

67

9

March

19.3

116

6


12.7

128

10


8.7

104

12


6.6

63

9.5

February

11.9

211

17.6


8.3

96

8.3


13.6

78

5.8


7.5

75

10

January

6.8

63

9.3

Note: It is Company policy to announce all stones sold with a value in excess of USD50k.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ('MAR'). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ('RIS'), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information, please visit BlueRock's website www.bluerockdiamonds.co.uk or contact:

 

BlueRock Diamonds PLC

Victor Dingle, CEO

 

v.dingle@bluerockdiamonds.co.uk

SP Angel (NOMAD and Broker)

Stuart Gledhill / Caroline Rowe

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 3470 0470

St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR)

Isabel de Salis / Charlotte Page

 

bluerock@stbridespartners.co.uk

 

Notes to editors:

BlueRock Diamonds is an AIM-listed diamond producer which operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine near Kimberley in South Africa which produces diamonds of exceptional quality and ranks in the top ten in the world in terms of average value per carat. The Kareevlei licence area covers 3,000 hectares and hosts five known diamondiferous kimberlite pipes with a combined inferred resource of 10.4 million tonnes / 516,200 carats (February 2021); based on its planned production of 1 million tonnes per annum, this provides a minimum 10-year life of mine. 

 

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