Diamond Fields and Trans Hex's mv Namakwa left Cape Town for sea trials ahead of full-scale diamond mining offshore Luderitz, Namibia in early November.
Namibian Minerals' four senior lenders extended the company's capital repayment moratorium by one month to Oct. 31, 2001, as debt rescheduling talks continue.
Namibian Minerals settled a $9-million business-interruption insurance claim tied to the January accident that damaged its NamSSol seabed crawler mining system.
Afri-Can Marine Minerals reported positive geophysical survey results identifying 17 prospective diamond-bearing features across Block J, north of Luderitz, Namibia.
Trans Hex and Diamond Fields International's Namibian joint venture has recovered over 6,000 carats in three months, with individual trenches showing grades above five carats per square metre.
Namibian Minerals reported a second-quarter 2001 net loss of $12.9-million (U.S.), or 17 cents per share, as operations recovered from the NamSSol accident and provisional liquidation.