EXPLORATION

Lucapa sees magic in Merlin

EXPLORATION at Australia’s only diamond mine is set to heat up after new owner Lucapa Diamond Company got its hands on 25-year-old airborne hyperspectral data compiled by diamond-giant De Beers.

 Merlin diamond mine

Merlin diamond mine

The historical Merlin diamond mine, 720km south east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, hosts a 4.4 million carat resource that produced the country's largest rough diamond at 104.73 carats, in 2002....

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