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Lerala development will need expats – Kimberley

24th August 2015

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Kimberley Diamonds' overall project schedule for the A$14.6-million Lerala diamond mine, in Botswana, remained on track, with diamond production to start in February next year.

The company on Monday said that, while it would endeavour to source and employ local personnel, the Lerala mine would likely require a number of skilled expatriates. As a result, a permanent accommodation camp would need to be built as part of the refurbishment project.

In July, Kimberley awarded a lump sum turnkey contract for the plant modification work at Lerala, which would include the refurbishment of the existing camp facilities.

Consulmet would be paid some A$9.83-million to undertake the plant modifications, which were scheduled for completion by February.

The Lerala project has a resource of 10.3-million tonnes, at an average grade of 31.5 carats per hundred tonnes, equating to some 3.3-million carats.

Once in production, the mine was forecast to have a life of some seven years, treating 1.4-million tonnes of ore a year and producing an average of 357 000 ct/y.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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