Petra Diamonds

A 507.55 carat rough
white diamond recovered at
the Cullinan mine on
24 September 2009.

Petra Diamonds is a leading supplier of rough diamonds. A number of acquisitions have established Petra as one of the world’s largest independent diamond groups by resources, with a total resource base of 262 million carats. Petra has seen its annual production rise fivefold in the year to June 2009 to over 1 million carats and the Company’s objective is to continue to increase supply and develop its stature as a world-class diamond group.

29 September 2009

Spectacular 507 carat white diamond recovered at historic Cullinan mine

Petra announces the recovery of an important 507.55 carat white diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa.

The diamond was recovered alongside three other special white stones of similar colour and clarity in the same production run: another very large stone of 168.00 carats and two other stones of 58.50 and 53.30 carats. Find out more...

Left: Johan Dippenaar, CEO, with the 507.55 carat diamond recovered on 24 September 2009.

Petra unveils The Cullinan Heritage

2 February 2010

[Source: RNS] Petra Diamonds Limited announces that the 507 carat white diamond has been named The Cullinan Heritage.
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Appointment of RBC Capital Markets as Joint Broker

1 February 2010

[Source: RNS] Petra Diamonds Limited announces the appointment of RBC Capital Markets as Joint Broker to the Company with immediate effect.
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Notification of major interest in shares

26 January 2010

[Source: RNS] The Company was notified on 25 January 2010 that BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited now holds 18,891,320 ordinary shares in the Company.
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Cullinan

74% interest held
Second largest diamond resource in the world
Source of the Cullinan, the world’s largest diamond ever found, a quarter of all the world’s diamonds over 400 carats in size, and highly prized blue diamonds
Current B-Cut operations support 1 million carats per annum production