Precisely the kind of announcement we needed in regard to where we're at within the Angolan bureaucratic mine-field.
Paperwork progressing and some decent capital expenditure reported to increase alluvial mining tonnages (and Kimberlite exploration).
The last part was reassuring; "
Lucapa and its partners will continue to advance the Lulo kimberlite exploration program during the application period, as allowed"... this was one of my concerns. It appears we
can drill while the licence application is pending, which is good, as the pending time-frames are historically lengthy with the Angolan Govt!
Just need to get the 'specialist' operators on the rig (and prove that no local blokes could do it better as per Angolan policy).
An announcement such as this (say once a month) would be much appreciated... and wouldn't be particularly time consuming to compile. The last thing we need is to be kept in the dark especially when there are so many big announcements in the pipeline. It would also stop a lot of the shadow-boxing which permeates the HC threads.
I wonder if the reported 'camp upgrades' involve the drill-rig (might as well use it for something constructive while we're waiting.)
GLTAH.
