The found was discovered after the company had processed an additional 410 cubic metres of gravel.

The diamonds included individual stones weighing in ranges between 5.30, 4.35 and 2.00 carats.

Earlier, the company had recovered 75 diamonds weighing 55.05 carats after processing a total of 1,145 cubic metres of gravel from BLK_18.

The BLK_18 is located in the northern part of the Se251 kimberlite, and the company plans to continue processing at the site throughout January 2014.

Lucapa is also planning to process gravels from the BLK_19 site, where it had earlier discovered a 32.2 carat Type 2A diamond.