Technical Report

Kimberlite Provinces of Angola: a map

June 2014

Affiliation: Sínese - Consultoria Ld.ª

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Sínese - Consultoria Lda.

Roughly 1/6 of the world’s kimberlites are Angolan. In addition to the 700+ kimberlites discovered between 1952 and 1974, recent exploration work has generated a big expansion of that number. Some of those kimberlites are world-class deposits, surely the Catoca and possibly the Camatchia pipes. The Camútuè cluster of kimberlites, although with lower reserves, has some of higher-quality Angolan diamonds. Other kimberlites, like Camafuca-Camazambo and Camuanzanza, just to name a few where diamonds occur, have to be further studied to evaluate their real economic value. Recent discoveries in the Cuango-Cacuílo-Cocumbi kimberlite province at the Lulo project, definitely mineralized, seem to hold big economic potential. This map (and its explanation) is the result of the compilation and analysis of multiple sources (old and new, in Portuguese and English) of data about the location of kimberlite and associated volcanism in Angola.

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