The Camafuca mine is one of the largest

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mines in

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and in the world. The mine is located in

Lunda Norte Province Lunda Norte ( en, North Lunda) is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,760 km² and a population of 862,566. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later mo ...

. The mine has estimated reserves of 23.04 million carats of

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and an annual production capacity of 0.2 million carats.

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