Scientific practical journal «Precious and Decorative Stones». 2021/N 1 (103)


ISSN 2079-1410
Mukendi Baloji Emmanuel, P. Baranov. Prospects for scattered diamond occurrences in the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53036/2020-1(103)-5
UDC 553.55


PROSPECTS FOR SCATTERED DIAMOND OCCURRENCES IN THE KASAI PROVINCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO




Mukendi Baloji Emmanuel, , Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, GBJConsulting LTD. and Mikas SARL, Canada DR Congo. E-mail: mukendie@yahoo.com
P. Baranov, Dr Sc. (Geol.), Prof., Forensic Expert Dnipropetrovsk SRECC MIA of Ukraine, 1 Constructional dead-end street, Dnipro, 49033, Ukraine. E-mail: pn2dsbaranov@gmail.com
Language: English
Precious and Decorative Stones, № 1 (103), 2020: 27-30
Abstract. The article discusses the results of the expedition, which was organized by MIKAS sarl, a JV of the DR Congo state company MIBA and the Canadian company GBJ CONSULTUNG LTD. The purpose of the expedition is to assess the prospects of the alluvial-deluvial deposits of the Kasai River for diamonds and other minerals. Also considered and tested technological schemes for the extraction of diamonds from the rock mass in specific areas.
Keywords: diamonds, assessment of the prospects of deposits, alluvial-deluvial deposits, minerals, technological schemes.
(Recommended by M. Ryzina, Dr Sc. (Geol.), Prof.)
References:
1. Shmakov II, Muniswamy M. Geological environment and evolution of alluvial diamond placers of Kasai Occidental province, DRC // Abstracts of IGSP-514 Fluvial and marine processes of Cenozoic and formation of placers, Thrivananthapuram, India, 2007, pp. 60-63.
2. Shmakov I.I. Geological evolution of diamondiferous marine placers on the coast of South-West Africa // News of higher educational institutions. Geology and exploration. 2008, 3, p. 43-48.
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