Mining Operations

J.G. Diamonds in Congo owns 40 Square Kilometers on the Lumbembe River adjacent to the Angolan border and is an extension of the Angolan Lunda Norte diamond fields. As you can see our operation is high tech and consists of 50 yard wash plant that sorts through the gravel and removes the diamonds from the gravel. The track hoes bring the gravel to wash plant and sorts the gravel by weight and size, after the machine has sorted the gravel it is than sent to the sorting table where we keep a watchful eye on the machine and make sure the machine sorts the diamonds from the other gravel.

Natives Mining

Upon our arrival into the diamond fields, the local news media got wind of our operation and wrote an article about the difference we could make in the lives of the local people.

Our operation is run by local Congolese. We have employed over 50 natives that would otherwise be with out a job with out our operation. Many of these natives also mine on the property as you can see in the picture. They shovel these all by hand and then sift the gravel. These sifting boxes are made by burning the tires and using the mesh lining in the tires to create a screen that is nailed to wood. Diamond being heaver than most other rocks they go to the bottom of the sifting screen and pile together. Notice that these holes are dug by hand by the local natives who will then bring the diamonds to our diamond buying office.