Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia, twenty eighth Aug 2024 – Trustco Group Holdings Ltd (“Trustco”) is happy to announce that Meya Mining (“Meya”), by which Trustco holds a 19.5% curiosity, has recovered a exceptional 391.45-carat diamond. This vital discover was made within the Kono District of Sierra Leone, inside an space that spans the Kamara Gbense and Tankoro chiefdoms. Meya holds a 25-year unique diamond mining license for the Kono District.
The diamond, recovered on Tuesday, 20 August 2024, is the second distinctive diamond mined from the Meya River kimberlite area—the primary of 16 kimberlite domains throughout the firm’s licensed space to be focused. Notably, in November 2017, Meya Mining recovered a 476-carat Kind IIa diamond, referred to as the Meya Prosperity, throughout its preliminary bulk sampling program. Much like the Meya Prosperity, which was initially a part of a 523.44-carat diamond that fragmented into three items (476.98 carats, 27.89 carats, and 18.58 carats), this newest discovery concerned a 514.99-carat diamond that additionally broke into three items, yielding stones of 391.53 carats, 105.43 carats, and 18.11 carats.
Mr Quinton Z van Rooyen, Deputy CEO of Trustco
Quinton Z van Rooyen, Deputy CEO of Trustco, commented on the invention: “Six of the world’s largest diamonds have been discovered in the area surrounding Meya Mining’s licensed zone. These notable diamonds include the 770-carat Woyie Diamond (1945), the 620-carat Sefadu Diamond (1970), the 969-carat Star of Sierra Leone (1973), the 709-carat Peace Diamond (2017), the 476-carat Meya Prosperity (2017), and now the 391-carat diamond recovered in 2024. Where the Meya Prosperity diamond was once viewed as a unique occurrence, it is now clear that this region possesses an exceptional geology. We are excited about the prospect of continued exploration and the opportunity to uncover even more significant diamonds in the future.”
Jan Joubert, CEO of Meya Mining, commented on the Meya’s newest restoration: “Only four mines in the world infrequently recover these exceptional >500 carat diamonds. The fact that Meya has recovered two >500 carat Type IIa diamonds after treating only 84,195 tonnes of competent kimberlite from the Meya River domain, suggests that there is a high probability of recovering more and possibly bigger diamonds once the mine reaches steady state production of 500,000 tonnes kimberlite throughput per annum. Our priority now is to ensure that going forward we can recover these high value stones intact. We will work closely with our engineering and processing partners to upgrade the plant, eliminate breakages and increase its capacity to recover exceptionally large diamonds.”
In response to this discovery, Julius Mattai, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Mineral Assets, expressed hope that, “the discovery of the 391-carat diamond would once again alert the world to Sierra Leone’s mineral resource potential and engender a renewed interest in investing in the country’s mining sector. I am especially pleased with the transparent approach taken by the Company to determine the market value of this stone and maximise the economic distribution to all key stakeholders.”
Extra not too long ago, on June 5, 2024, shareholders have been suggested that Z Star Mineral Consultants, an unbiased consulting agency, established that the positioning useful resource worth of Meya Mining was valued at USD 763 million. This worth referred to the Meya River area, which represents lower than 3% of the Meya Mining mission. The Z Star Mineral Consultants report (Obtainable right here) highlighted that the typical promoting price of diamonds recovered from the Meya River area on public public sale is USD 380 per carat. Nonetheless, this common price excluded distinctive stones resulting from their distinctive nature.
Trustco’s funding in mining was initiated in 2015 with the strategic goal of diversifying Trustco’s funding holdings into the pure assets sector. It goals to generate USD returns, appearing as an inside hedge towards potential macroeconomic impacts on the group’s conventional markets in Namibia and South Africa. Whereas the mining mandate encompasses constructing a diversified mining portfolio, the first focus stays on unlocking the total financial potential of its diamond property, as Meya Mining’s mining license space has yielded 5 of the world’s largest stones recovered.
Trustco will proceed to offer updates because the Preliminary Financial Evaluation (PEA) report is finalized and as extra info on these discoveries is launched. With the continued growth of Meya Mining, Trustco continues to reveal its capability to place itself for continued excessive progress success in its mining portfolio. Trustco’s strategic funding in Meya Mining is ready to yield glowing returns for years to come back.
About Trustco:
Trustco Group Holdings Ltd is an funding entity headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia, which manages a various portfolio of investments spanning the insurance coverage, actual property, non-deposit taking monetary companies, micro-finance, schooling, and mining sectors. Choices are biased in direction of generational funding efficiency alongside shareholder wealth creation, and short-term hurdles are considered as catalysts for future progress.
Since inception in 1992, Trustco’s funding portfolio has delivered sturdy returns with a CAGR of 68.97%, with a well-balanced asset combine, with a present common weighting of 34% in US Greenback primarily based property, whereas the remaining 66% is invested in Namibia Greenback (1 NAD = 1 ZAR) primarily based property. Trustco enjoys the backing of a variety of coinvestors, together with 3 610 from Namibia, 1 443 from overseas, and 94 from institutional entities.
About Namibia:
Namibia is a Southern African nation with a inhabitants of roughly three million and a GDP per capita of USD 5 031 in 2022. The nation is endowed with wealthy pure assets, with current main discoveries of oil and fuel reserves, lithium deposits and uncommon earth minerals which might be very important for expertise demand globally, with developments additionally underway in its inexperienced hydrogen initiatives.The Namibian authorities has heralded these discoveries as a transformative interval, holding the potential to double the nation’s GDP by 2040.
The nation’s financial system expanded by 4.2% in 2023 and is projected to develop by 3.7% in 2024, following a restoration of 5.3% in 2022 from the COVID-19 pandemic. With its wealth of pure assets, pro-business atmosphere, political stability and more and more expert workforce, Namibia affords enticing funding prospects throughout all sectors.
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