Terms & conditions

1. Who these terms are between

This website at bloodlessdiamonds.com (the site) is operated by Bloodless Diamonds Africa (we, us, our). By accessing or using the site you agree to these terms. If you do not agree to them, please do not use the site.

These terms are made available in a form capable of being stored and reproduced, as required by section 11(3) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002. A copy may be obtained on request.

2. Our only official website and address

Our only official website is bloodlessdiamonds.com and the only address for enquiries is info@bloodlessdiamonds.com. We are not responsible for, and have no connection to, any other website, email address, social media account or messaging account using our name, our logo or the names of our directors.

We will not request payment to account details provided by email, message or telephone without independent confirmation against the contact details published on this page. Any communication purporting to originate from us which requests payment on that basis should be treated as fraudulent and reported to us.

3. This site is not an offer of securities

Nothing on this site is, or should be taken as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any share, debenture, participatory interest or other security, nor an offer to the public or an invitation to the public to acquire securities within the meaning of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. Nothing on it is an offer of a financial product or financial service under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002.

The site is published for general information. It does not take account of your objectives, financial situation or needs, and it is not financial, investment, legal, tax or accounting advice. It is not a prospectus and has not been registered, reviewed or approved by any regulator.

Registering your interest through this site creates no obligation on either of us. It is a request for us to contact you, nothing more, and it does not entitle you to acquire anything or oblige us to offer you anything. Any actual investment would be made only under separate written agreements, subject to due diligence, applicable securities law and our verification checks.

4. No guarantee of returns

Mining is a high-risk activity. Alluvial diamond recovery is inherently variable: grades are inconsistent across a deposit, individual recoveries are not repeatable, and the value of a stone is determined on sale rather than on recovery. Operations are exposed to weather, water levels, equipment failure, power supply, commodity prices, exchange rates, regulatory change and licence conditions.

Historic recovery figures are not a forecast. Past production, including the 2018 bulk sample figure referred to on this site, is not indicative of future recovery. Capital committed to a mining venture may be lost in full.

5. Forward-looking statements

Certain statements on this site are forward-looking, including targets, plans, intentions and expectations. Such statements are commonly identified by words including “intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “target” and “will”.

Forward-looking statements are estimates based on information available at the time of preparation. They involve assumptions and risks, many outside our control, and actual outcomes may differ materially. No assurance is given that any forward-looking statement will be realised. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any such statement.

6. Accuracy of information and dated figures

Figures on this site are stated with their source and date, and are accurate as at that date only. Geological surveys, licence positions, production figures and programme numbers are subject to change. A figure drawn from a historic survey describes that survey and not the current state of the ground.

Reasonable care is taken to keep this site accurate and current. No warranty is given that it is complete, current or free from error. Nothing on this site should be relied upon as the sole basis for any decision. Prospective investors should request the underlying documents and data and obtain independent professional advice.

Documents made available on the documents page are subject to this section and to the notices printed in the documents themselves. Where the two differ, the notice in the document applies to that document.

7. Intellectual property

All content on this site — text, photographs, diagrams, maps, the Bloodless Diamonds Africa name and logo, and the arrangement of the site itself — is owned by us or used with the owner's permission, and is protected by copyright and trade mark law.

You may access the site, print pages from it, and download documents made available for download, for private or internal business use, provided the material is not altered and all copyright and source notices are retained. Brief quotation with attribution and a link is permitted. All other use — including republication, redistribution, commercial exploitation, systematic copying, scraping, framing, and use of our name or logo to imply an association that does not exist — requires our prior written permission.

Third-party material referred to on this site, including geological surveys and published articles, remains the property of its respective authors and publishers, and is cited and linked rather than reproduced.

8. Third-party links and content

This site contains links to external websites. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy or availability. A link does not constitute an endorsement of the operator or of any material on the linked site. Access to linked sites is at your own risk and subject to their own terms and privacy practices.

One third-party service is used: Cloudflare Turnstile, on the enquiry page, for the prevention of automated abuse. Its role is described in the privacy policy.

9. Acceptable use

You may not use this site to do anything unlawful, and in particular you may not:

• submit false, misleading or impersonated information through the enquiry form, or submit another person's details without their authority;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site, its hosting infrastructure, or any account or system connected to it;
• interfere with the site's operation, including by denial-of-service attempts, or by introducing malicious code;
• scrape, harvest or systematically extract content or contact details, including for marketing or for training a machine learning system, without our written permission;
• circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, any security measure or bot challenge on the site.

Unauthorised access to, interception of, or interference with data constitutes an offence under Chapter 13 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 and under the Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020. Requests are logged for security purposes. Serious misuse will be reported to the relevant authorities and pursued.

10. Availability of the site

No guarantee is given as to the availability of this site. Access may be suspended, withdrawn or restricted at any time, including for maintenance, and any part of the site may be changed or removed without notice. We accept no liability for unavailability.

11. Limitation of liability

The site and its content are provided “as is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to the paragraph below, we exclude all warranties, representations and conditions that are not expressly set out in these terms.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue, opportunity, goodwill or data, arising out of your use of or inability to use this site or your reliance on anything in it, however that liability arises. Our total liability to you in respect of the site is limited to ZAR 1,000.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any right you have under the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 that cannot be contracted out of. If any part of this section is unenforceable, the rest of it continues to apply.

12. Indemnity

You indemnify us against any claim, loss or expense we incur as a result of your breach of section 9 (acceptable use) or your unlawful use of the site.

13. Privacy and data protection

Our privacy policy explains what personal information we collect, why we hold it, how long we keep it, who else can see it, and your rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 and the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation. It forms part of these terms.

14. Electronic communications

By using the enquiry form you consent to us communicating with you electronically. A message we send is treated as received when it enters an information system you control and is capable of being retrieved by you.

15. Changes to these terms

These terms may be amended. The version published on this page is the version in force, and the effective date at the head of the page records when it was last changed. Continued use of the site following an amendment constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. Material amendments will be identified on this page.

16. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of your use of this site, are governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa. You and we consent to the jurisdiction of the South African courts, and specifically to the jurisdiction of the High Court of South Africa, North West Division, Mahikeng.

This site is directed at persons in South Africa and at prospective international investors who approach us. No representation is made that the site or its content is appropriate or lawful in any other jurisdiction. Persons accessing the site from other jurisdictions do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local law.

17. General

If any provision of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, it is severed and the remaining provisions continue in force. A failure by us to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These terms, together with the privacy policy, are the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of this site. No person who is not a party to these terms may enforce them.

18. Contact

Enquiries concerning these terms: info@bloodlessdiamonds.com, or in writing to the address given in section 1.