Richard Price

Richard Price is a geologist with almost 35 years’ experience in the diamond mining and exploration industry. Mr Price has extensive experience in diamond exploration, diamond evaluation projects and diamond mine production in Australia and Southern Africa. He worked for De Beers for 21 years in a range of roles, covering exploration, resource evaluation for both kimberlite pipes and tailings, and mine production. He was Geological Evaluation Projects Manager at Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana where he managed a major resource evaluation project, and was Mineral Resource Manager at Kimberley Diamond Company. He has been with Lucapa for seven years with responsibility for exploration and mineral resource management, and is the company’s Competent Person for JORC reporting requirements. Mr Price holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Exploration and Mining Geology from Cardiff University and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.