The company's Concession Area C9 is located 45km northeast of Saurimo, the provincial capital of Lunda Sul. Saurimo has an airport with a number of daily flights connecting it with the capital of Angola, Luanda. An all weather road to Luanda provides ready access for construction and operating equipment.

Concession Area C9 is 323sq.km in area and is near to and downstream of the large operating Catoca diamond mine. Four rivers, including the Rio Chicapa, flow through the tenement, providing sufficient water for operations.

Concession Area C9, while having a sizable inferred alluvial diamond resource, has kimberlite pipes that carry diamonds but which require further exploration. The Angolan Government has signed the United Nations agreement to certify all diamonds produced and has provided secure title to the tenement

ere are two types of diamond sources for mining: The primary and secondary deposits are kimberlite and alluvial reserves. Exploration of kimberlite and alluvial diamonds require different mining methods.