Diamond Fields Resources Inc. recently shipped its first parcel of rough diamonds since it restarted offshore mining in the ML111 licence area off Namibia in November last year.

As per the relevant KPCS certificate issued by the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy, the parcel contained 25,151.60 carats unpolished rough diamonds.

The shipment has been sent to Europe for independent valuation, deep-boiling and initial sorting in preparation for sale, Diamond Fields stated.

It added that the diamonds were mined from ML111 between November 11, 2018 and December 5, 2018, the first 25-day period after resumption of operations.

Sybrand van der Spuy, CEO and Director said that mining at ML111 is expected to continue until the middle of January 2019 before a review of initial operational performance is undertaken. The initial six months (non-continuous) mining programme is then expected to recommence later in 2019.