Diamonds in the news: SouthernEra gets DRC diamond permits.
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Canada's SouthernEra Resources has been awarded 41 exploration permits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for diamonds.
These permits are focused around the historical diamond-mining centre of Mbuji-Mayi in the Kasai-Oriental Province.
In the mid-1980s this province was producing up to 20 million carats of diamonds per year and has produced two of the 'top-ten' largest gem quality diamonds in the world.
In June 2003 the DRC Mining Registry (Geological Survey) was opened for the first time under the new World Bank-funded Mining Code (Law 007/2002).
The new Mining Code, which conforms to world best practice, has resulted in renewed interest in the DRC on the part of international exploration and mining companies.
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