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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - West African Diamonds PLC said its Plant 11 tailings mine in Koidu in Sierra Leone, West Africa, has reached full production and said it expects to make its first gold and diamond sales in the first quarter of 2008. The precious metals explorer and developer said the first gold pour has taken place and more than 3,100 diamonds (198 carats) have been recovered to date. Overall output for the 7 mln tonne deposit is expected to be about 0.4 gram per tonne gold worth 9 usd a tonne of ore and diamonds worth 3 usd a tonne of ore, it added. Deputy chairman James Campbell said: 'Plant 11, which should produce revenue for a number of years, provides a sound foundation on which to build our other mines in Sierra Leone and Guinea.' This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it jjo/kkb/nes

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