Maybe this will "spark" her up!Diamond mining from Bonaparte...

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Diamond mining from Bonaparte Diamond Mines’ Diaz Point 1 (DP1) project in offshore Namibia has exceeded initial expectations with 1,448 diamonds weighing 705 carats recovered in the first 8.5 days of operations.
The diamond recoveries by the MV DF Discoverer, in the DP1 Joint Operations (JO) area in ML111 off Luderitz, Namibia are better than expected. In the area mined to date, more diamonds have been recovered than were predicted from the grade estimates within the defined Indicated Resource area derived from sampling data
More importantly, the mining to date has also shown that the mineralisation and payable grades are more extensive than originally defined by the sampling data. Hence mining to date has progressed into some areas not included in the original resource estimate and mine plans.
Marine diamonds recovered by Bonaparte from DP1
The diamonds recovered to date are 95% gem quality, which is typical of marine diamonds produced in the Luderitz area and the average size, at 0.49 carats/stone, is significantly higher than displayed in most deposits delineated to date in the Luderitz area.