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From 6 July 2006, a graphic version of the current edition is available at the Daily News Online web site.

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A news release from the company states that a system breakdown diverted the diamonds from an Aquarium Completely Automated Recovery Plant (CARP) process to the final tailings dump.

According to the statement the tailing dump will be treated at a later stage to recover the diamonds.

The company says investigations indicate that the incident occurred as a result of a breakdown of a magnetic machine. Since the tailings dump is within a protected area in the mine, Debswana says the diamonds are therefore secure.

It explains that the magnetic separator machine has been fixed and that the situation is back to normal with no expectation of an occurrence of a similar incident.

The release says all other Aquarium CARP systems have been thoroughly checked and confirmed to be fully functional to prevent a repeat of the incident.

This is the first time such an incident has occurred in the seven years of the existence of the Aquarium CARP process, which the company describes as testimony to the existence of protection and assurance systems in the process.

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