Thousands of enthusiasts arrive in the last days in quahalty in the south-east of the South African Republic in search of diamonds, reports on Tuesday television and radio SABC. The authorities of the province of Quadzulo-Natal are concerned about the accumulation of people in a pandemic and asked everyone to leave the area.
Field with diamonds with alignment stones recently discovered a local shepherd. With the last Saturday, more than a thousand prospectors with shovels and kirk are working in Quakhlyti, notes SABC. The number of mined stones grows with a rapid pace, they are immediately sold to the buyers who arrived in the terrain. Nuggets, mostly small and sold from hand from $ 7 to 20 per piece.
So far, government experts did not receive from quahalty stones to check, but the prospectors working there are convinced that these are genuine diamonds. The authorities also stated that in the near future a geological study of the district will be conducted for the presence of a diamond field.
The Government of KwaZulu-Natal Province called all those who are in Quaheli, immediately leave the area, since the influx of people increases the risk of proliferation of coronavirus.