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Finsch Acquisition Update
Finsch Acquisition Update.
About this update from Petra Diamonds Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4012M Petra Diamonds Ld 16 August 2011 \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nImmediate Release\n\n\n16 August 2011\n\n\n\n\n \nPetra Diamonds Limited\n(\"Petra Diamonds\", \"Petra\", the \"Company\")\n \nFinsch Acquisition Update - Ministerial Consent Granted \n \n \nPetra Diamonds is pleased to announce that Ministerial consent in terms of Section 11 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (\"MPRDA\") has been granted for the cession and transfer of the new order mining right for the Finsch diamond mine in South Africa (\"Finsch\") from De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited (\"De Beers\") to Afropean Diamonds (Pty) Limited (\"Afropean\"). Afropean represents Petra's interests in Finsch; Afropean being owned as to Petra 74% and Petra's Black Economic Empowerment partners 26%.\n \nAs announced on 21 January 2011, Petra (via Afropean) entered into an agreement with De Beers to acquire Finsch. A key condition of the acquisition was that Ministerial consent under Section 11 of the MPRDA for the cession of the Finsch new order mining right be granted. Following the granting of the Section 11 consent, the only remaining material condition is the registration of the transfer of the Finsch new order mining right in the South African Mineral and Petroleum Titles Registration Office; this is expected to happen in the near future.\n \nWhen this last condition has been met and the acquisition completes, Petra will publish a Finsch resource statement in accordance with the AIM Guidance for Mining Companies.\n \nJohan Dippenaar, CEO of Petra, commented, \"We are delighted to have received the Section 11 Ministerial consent. The acquisition process is now in the very final stages and we expect it to complete in the near future. Petra will then take over management of this major producing diamond mine which, after an initial three month bedding down period, is expected to add approximately 125,000 carats per month to Petra's production.\"\n \n \nFor further information, please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nPetra Diamonds Ltd, London \n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7318 0452\n\n\n\n\nSusanna Woodward \n\n\[email protected]\n \n\n\n\n\nBuchanan \n(PR Adviser)\n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7466 5000\n\n\n\n\nBobby Morse\nJames Strong\n\n\[email protected]....