RE: AFA Status ...MiketapaAfter some serious headspinning and mind bending calculations, I've come up with the answer. It's 16.2 Million Carats .... and from the news release it looks like my math was right ... see below
"Namdeb operated the following license areas: Atlantic 1,
Bogenfels, Douglas Bay, Elizabeth Bay, Mining Area 1, and
Orange River. Located in the Sperrgebiet (forbidden territory),
these six areas cover a strip of land that runs from the north
bank of the Orange River to 26 degrees South. The 130-km-
long strip extends up to 65 km into the Atlantic Ocean and
inland for 100 km. In 2000, Namdeb stripped 24.8 Mt of waste
material and treated 23.5 Mt of ore from land-based operations
to recover an average of 2.8 carats per 100 t valued at $322 per
carat. Marine mining operations in Atlantic 1 were conducted
by De Beers Marine Namibia (Debmarine), which was
controlled by De Beers (70%) and Namdeb (30%). Debmarine
maintained a fleet of four mining vessels and two prospecting
vessels. Recovery from marine mining in the Atlantic 1 license
area in 2000 amounted to 570,000 carats from material that
averaged 2.8 carats per 100 t valued at $298 per carat. De Beers
reported a remaining mine life of 20 years at current (2000)
production rates that are based on probable total (land plus
marine) reserves of 59.4 Mt at a grade of 1.5 carats per 100 t,
indicated total resources of 73.6 Mt at a grade of 2.3 carats per
100 t, and inferred total resources of 301.7 Mt at a grade of 1.5
carats per 100 t for a
combined reserves and resources of 16.2
million carats of diamond (De Beers Group, [undated],
Namdeb—Operations, accessed August 6, 2001, at URL
https://www.debeersgroup.com/operations/
minesNamdeb2000.asp)."