Duas Barras (100% Interest)
 • Commercial production commenced September 2007
 • 2008 production of 90,000 carats
 • Indicated and inferred resource of 432,000 carats
 • Diamond value of US$172 per carat
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Chapada Mine (100% Interest)
 • Commercial scale production commenced March 2007
 • Annual production of 30,000 carats of diamonds per year
 • Indicated and inferred resource of 270,000 carats
 • Diamond value of US$400 per carat
 • Resources contained within 15 sq km area.
 • Additional 270 sq km’s of mineral right concessions provides significant exploration upside
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Brauna (100% Interest)
 • Advanced kimberlite project in final stages of feasibility study
 • 22 kimberlite pipes – 4 diamondiferous and 18 still to be tested.
 • 10 million tonnes estimated in 2 of the 4 tested kimberlite pipes.
 • Average grade recovered in bulk sampling to date is approximately 40 cpht
 • Estimated average carat value of US$125 per carat
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Pimenta Bueno (100% Interest)
 • 41 kimberlites located on 250,000 hectares of land – 50% diamond bearing
 • Delineation drilling of 9 pipes outlines a resource of over 235 million tonnes
 • 16 of the 41 kimberlite pipes have been discovered since 2004 when VAA became involved
 • Rio Tinto has back-in rights
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Candle Lake (100% Interest)
 • 2 large diamond-bearing kimberlites located in the Fort a la Corne kimberlite trend Saskatchewan, Canada.
 • Large tonnage potential, in excess of 100 million tonnes
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Rondonia (100% Interest)
 • Located in Rondonia State, Brazil adjacent to the Pimenta Bueno property.
 • 8 known kimberlites located on 830,000 hectares of land.
 • 5 kimberlites are diamond bearing based on previous sampling.
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Catalão (100% Interest)
 • Composed of 3 kimberlite pipe-like deposits covering a surface area of 0.75 hectares
 • Initial sampling by Rio Tinto indicates a grade of 23 cpht
 • Definition drilling and additional bulk sampling planned for 2008
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Chapada (100% Interest)
 • Resources currently being mined exist on only 10% of the 270 km2 exploration concessions.
 • Previous exploration shows potential for 20 million bank cubic metres of additional resources and a potential 1 million carats
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