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Through option agreements with Candore, ACACIA and Kwango Mining SPRL, BRC DiamondCore holds 25 PRs in Kasai-Occidental province, covering an area of 8,763 square kilometers. These PRs are located within the highly prospective "Kimberlite Emplacement Corridor" which extends northeastward from the rich Kimberlite fields of the Lunda Norte Province, in Angola. The Company currently believes that the Tshikapa area holds the greatest promise for finding primary diamond sources in the DRC. This area is well known for its alluvial mines which have produced well over 60 million carats of mainly gem quality diamonds. BRC DiamondCore is one of the first companies to explore for primary kimberlite sources using modern exploration methods.

During 2007, the Company collected 303 prospecting samples and completed a 32,000 line kilometre airborne geophysical survey. The resulting data has produced several promising magnetic targets associated with unabraded kimberlite minerals recovered from the stream samples. Artisanal workings close to some of these targets not only produce alluvial diamonds but also have abundant garnets and ilmenites with fresh surface textures associated with them suggesting that these grains are proximal to their source(s).

BRC DiamondCore has generated 44 targets for further follow up in 2008. A recently acquired helicopter portable diamond drill rig will be used to drill and assess the nature of these targets.