TRUSTCO’S MINING PORTFOLIO INVESTEE MEYA RECOVERS EXCEPTIONAL 391-CARAT DIAMOND IN SIERRA LEONE
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia, 28th Aug 2024 – Trustco Group Holdings Ltd (“Trustco”) is pleased to announce that Meya Mining (“Meya”), in which Trustco holds a 19.5% interest, has recovered a remarkable 391.45-carat diamond. This significant find was made in the Kono District of Sierra Leone, within an area that spans the Kamara Gbense and Tankoro chiefdoms. Meya holds a 25-year exclusive diamond mining license for the Kono District.
The diamond, recovered on Tuesday, 20 August 2024, is the second exceptional diamond mined from the Meya River kimberlite domain—the first of 16 kimberlite domains within the company’s licensed area to be targeted. Notably, in November 2017, Meya Mining recovered a 476-carat Type IIa diamond, known as the Meya Prosperity, during its initial bulk sampling program...