Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corp. completed its sampling program on the EPL 3403 marine diamond concession in Namibia on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012.
The program has successfully extracted 222 samples of five square metres each. Results of the program will be disclosed once the diamonds have been weighed by officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia.
EPL 3403 covers approximately 800 square kilometres and is adjacent to the north of the Atlantic One mining lease (ML) 47 owned by Namdeb Diamond Corp. (Pty.) Ltd., a 50/50 partnership between the government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers Centenary AG. ML 47 is the largest marine diamond deposit in the world and is currently producing in excess of 1.1 million carats per year.
