| Tshikapa River Project |
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Congo Dem. Rep. of
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BROWN EXPLORATION
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127 km² / 31,382 acres |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Tshikapa River Project |
| Status Risk : Brown exploration |
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| Location of the Tshikapa River Project |
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The project is located near the town of Tshikapa in southwestern DRC. The Tshikapa Diamond Field is situated within the West Kasai Region of the DRC in the Kasai-Occidental Province, within the Congo-Angola diamond province. The Tshikapa Diamond Field lies directly downstream of the alluvial diamond fields of the Lucapa Graben in northeastern Angola.
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| History of the Tshikapa River Project |
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Production from the diamond field was dominated by the Belgian company Societe Internationale Forestiere et Miniere du Congo (“Forminiere’) until independence in the early 1960’s. Since then, official records of production are sketchy and unreliable more...
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| Geology of the Tshikapa River Project |
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The local geology of the Tshikapa area comprises flat Cretaceous sediments unconformably overlying the basement rocks. The Cretaceous sediments are comprised of the Loia and Bukungu Series. The Loia comprises a basal conglomerate dominated with basem more...
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Data last updated on : 1/27/2010
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