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Recovery of an exceptional 29.6 carat blue diamond
Recovery of an exceptional 29.6 carat blue diamond.
About this update from Petra Diamonds Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0917Y Petra Diamonds Limited 21 January 2014 \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n21 January 2014\n\n\nLSE: PDL\n\n\n\n\n \n \nPetra Diamonds Limited\n(\"Petra\" or the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nRecovery of an exceptional 29.6 carat blue diamond\n \n \nPetra Diamonds Limited announces the recovery of an exceptional 29.6 carat blue diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. \n \nThe stone is an outstanding vivid blue with extraordinary saturation, tone and clarity, and has the potential to yield a polished stone of great value and importance.\n \nBlue diamonds are among the rarest and most highly coveted of all diamonds and the Cullinan mine is the most important source of blues in the world. This stone is one of the most exceptional stones recovered at Cullinan during Petra's operation of the mine.\n \nPhotos of the 29.6 carat blue can be viewed at the Company's website: www.petradiamonds.comand www.petradiamonds.com/media/image-library/diamonds. \n \n \nFor further information, please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nPetra Diamonds\n(Corporate Communications)\n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7494 8203\n\n\n\n\nCathy Malins \n\n\[email protected] \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nBuchanan\n(PR Adviser)\n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7466 5000\n\n\n\n\nBobby Morse\nLouise Mason\nCornelia Browne\n\n\[email protected] \[email protected]\[email protected] \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRBC Capital Markets\n(Joint Broker)\n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7653 4000\n\n\n\n\nMatthew Coakes\nJonathan Hardy\n\n\[email protected]\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nCanaccord Genuity Limited\n(Joint Broker)\n\n\nTelephone: +44 20 7523 8000\n\n\n\n\nRyan Gaffney\n\n\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\nChris Fincken\n\n\[email protected] \n\n\n\n\n \n \nAbout Petra Diamonds Limited\nPetra Diamonds is a leading independent diamond mining group and an increasingly important supplier of rough diamonds to the international market. The Company has interests in six producing mines: five in South Africa (Finsch, Cullinan, Koffiefontein, Kimberley Underground and Helam) and one in Tanzania (Williamson). It also maintains an exploration programme in Botswana.\n \nPetra offers an exceptional growth pr...