mv DEBMAR ATLANTIC

mv DEBMAR PACIFIC
mv !GARIEP
mv GRAND BANKS

mv SS NUJOMA 6TH DEBMARINE

NAMIBIA VESSEL:
mv MAFUTA
mv SS NUJOMA

WORLD’S LARGEST DIAMOND SAMPLING VESSEL

• 113m LONG N$2.3bn
• 12,000 TONNES INVESTMENT
Big Ben Tower 96m
• DIESEL-ELECTRIC (US$157m)
POWERED
• 80 CREW
• HELICOPTER DECK
SS Nujoma 113m

UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY HELPING • CONSTRUCTED IN NORWAY

ALLOWS IT TO: TO SECURE • FITTED-OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA
► ► SAMPLE FASTER DIAMOND
► ► TAKE LARGER
SAMPLES SUPPLY

140
► ► COLLECT MORE WELL
INFO PER SAMPLE
INTO THE
NEW JOBS
COMPARED WITH MAJORIT Y FOR
ANY OTHER VESSEL FUTURE NAMIBIANS

Clockwise from top left: Crew depart from Ulsteinvik, Norway; Arrival in Cape Town, South Africa; Fitting-out in Cape Town
 DE BEERS GROUP AND NAMIBIA
The partnership between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers Group delivers real and sustained benefits to Namibia and its people.

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN NAMIBIA RECEIVES MORE THAN SINGLE

1 IN EVERY 5 80 CENTS
TO STATE REVENUE LARGEST

MORE
CONTRIBUTOR DOUGLAS
BAY
AFTER

OF EVERY
Keetmanshoop

THAN DOLLARS GOVT. TO

NAMIBIAN
Luderitz ELIZABETH
BAY
BOGENFELS

N$3bn DOLLAR
OF NAMIBIA’S ECONOMY MINING AREA 1 SENDELINGSDRIF
DABERAS
FOREIGN ATLANTIC 1 AUCHAS
EARNINGS GENERATED BY THE PARTNERSHIP

DE BEERS GROUP/NAMIBIA PARTNERSHIP TIMELINE

1990
Namibia gains
independence
2011
2004 Namdeb Holdings is established (held in equal shares 2014
Namdeb between De Beers Group and the Government of Namdeb 2017
turns 10 Namibia making Namdeb and Debmarine Namibia turns 20 Debmarine Namibia’s
1992 1994 subsidiaries) newly constructed
De Beers Group Accord signed to re-constitute 1999 sampling vessel
2003
and GRN CDM (wholly owned by De Beers Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi 2012 becomes operational
Otto Shikongo
commence Group) into Namdeb Diamond appointed Managing assumes role as 2010 Namdeb Holdings 2016
talks on Corporation, an equally held Director of Namdeb CEO of Debmarine Namdeb launches Project 2050 setting surpasses US$1 10-year sales
Partnership Joint Venture Namibia the vision for a new and innovative future billion in revenue agreement
announced

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2016
1991 De Beers Group donates N$10
Elizabeth Bay Mine million to the University of
is commissioned Namibia to support
underprivileged students
2002 2006 2007 2012
Operations of NDTC established as Best Safety Programme Debmarine Namibia acquires
1990 Debmarine Namibia an equally held Joint awarded by Namibia the mv Peace in Africa –
Auchas Mine is migrated to Namibia Venture sorting, valuing Chamber of Mines renamed the mv Mafuta.
commissioned from South Africa and marketing The most prolific mining
(Orange River Mines) Namdeb’s diamonds vessel accounting for 45%
of Debmarine Namibia’s
total carat production.