VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 5, 2008) - Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX VENTURE:LUC) reports that it has agreed to sell, on a non-brokered, private placement basis, an aggregate of up to 5,555,556 million common shares at a price of Cdn $0.90 per share for gross proceeds of up to Cdn $5 million. Shares issued pursuant to the private placement will be subject to a four month hold period. A 5% finder's may be payable on a portion or all of the private placement. Net proceeds of the private placement will be used towards ongoing work on the Mothae diamond project in Lesotho as well as for general working capital purposes.
The private placement is subject to regulatory approval.
Lukas H. Lundin, President and CEO
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