The company raised its 1999 diamond production target to 200,000 carats after a record 116,100-carat quarter and reported Q1 earnings of $5.2-million (U.S.).
Diamond Fields International sold a 4,450-carat parcel in Antwerp for an average of $164 (U.S.) per carat from its Namibian offshore phase 1 sampling program.
Namibian Minerals Corporation (Namco) reported earnings of $3.1-million (U.S.) from its Luderitz Bay marine diamond mining operation for the seven months ended Dec. 31, 1998.
Namibian Minerals Corporation exceeded its annual production target of 150,000 carats in under 10 months, driven by improvements to its NamSSol mining system.
Namibian recorded monthly production of 26,000 carats in December 1998, taking output to more than 126,000 carats over its first nine months of production.
Diamond Fields International completed phase 1 sampling of its Luderitz sea diamond concessions in Namibia, recovering 4,484 carats at an average grade of 1.28 carats per square metre.