Senehun Minerals is an indigenous miningcompany operating in Sierra Leone. It is mainly focused on miningand agriculture, exporting of gold, rough diamond, zircon, rutile,bauxite, iron ore, platinum, cacao and coffee. It was formed in1996 as a family business, which comprised by then of a few familymembers, who were mostly miners and farmers. Since then it hasgrown into a large indigenous mining company that mine and exportgold and rough diamond to both local and international markets.Senehun Minerals has over 600 miners working in their variousmining sites in Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry. Our conditions oftransaction are unique and incomparable and we export gold anddiamond to any destination. Sierra Leone is among the competing African countries that have the largest deposit of alluvial gold and rough diamond, which is why Gold and diamond mining activity is one of the oldest occupation in Sierra Leone, which has put Sierra Leone on top the list of the largest producers and suppliers of gold and diamond in the West African sub region. Sierraleone gold and diamond miners export the best quality gold and rough diamond of preferable shapes, color grading and purity and one of the African countries where large diamond stones have been found; the largest diamond ever discovered was in 2002 in Kono district, weighing 1444 carat and was sold for 75 million *s in Belgium. Other large stones include the Star of Sierra Leone weighing 969.8ct was also discovered in February 1972 in Kono. In 1970, the Sefadu diamond was discovered in the Dominco mine, weighing 620ct. In 1969, the ":Zale light of peace" weighing 435ct was discovered. In 1996, two stones weighing 188ct and 283ct; and in 1997, several large stones weighing 524ct, 700ct and 900ct; were recovered from unspecified locations. In 2006, a 152.42ct diamond was discovered east of Koidu Town. In 2007, two pieces weighing 143.4ct and 129.7ct were discovered. All diamond transaction in Sierra Leone follows a strict Kimberley certification process before export. Years of experience and long ties with the major artisan mining groups in Sierra Leone has given us an edge in the mining sector as one of the biggest exporters of rough diamond in Sierra Leone and Africa as a whole. The company is prided on being among the major indigenous mining companies in Sierraleone that have the largest number of miners both in Sierra Leone and the neighboring Guinea Conakry and also among the largest producers and exporters of rough diamond annually. Senehun Minerals mine and export rough diamond (uncut diamond), fine white diamond, fancy rough diamond of pyramid and round shapes, color grading D - H, and of VVS1 VVS2 purity and good quality bonny light crude oil with a favorable conditions of transaction and in large quantity.All our diamond export is accompanied by Kimberley certificate. The company also export gold of 23+ carat quality and 99.9% purity, iron ore, bauxite, rutile, zircon, platinum and other semi precious stones and prices are incomparable. Supplying genuine quality rough diamond, white rough diamond and colored fancy rough diamond at the minimum local prices is our priority.
