Afri-Can Marine Minerals increased its interest in the Block J marine concession in Namibia to 60 per cent for a cash payment of $825,000 Namibian ($125,000 Canadian).
Diamond Fields International was awarded an exclusive prospecting permit for Sea Area 14(b), roughly 220 kilometres north of Cape Town off South Africa's west coast.
OPIC has confirmed its commitment to $15 million in project financing for Diamond Fields International to acquire vessels for its Luderitz diamond concessions in Namibia.
Trans Hex Group unilaterally suspended mining at Diamond Fields' Marshall Fork deposit and withdrew its vessel, leading Diamond Fields to declare the joint venture terminated as of July 5, 2002.
Namibian Minerals Corporation's mining vessel MV Kovambo has resumed diamond production with its repaired NamSSol seabed mining tool on Namco's ML36A lease in Baker Bay, Namibia.
Diamond Fields recovered a 17-carat diamond from its Luderitz concession offshore Namibia, the largest stone found since its joint venture with Trans Hex began in May 2001.
Afri-Can Marine Minerals has completed the design of a follow-up sampling program to delineate inferred and indicated resources on Namibia's block J marine diamond concession.