VANCOUVER, B.C. March 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Trivalence Mining Corporation (TSX Venture Exchange:TMI) (OTCBB:TMIGF) is pleased to report that it completed its second diamond sale of year 2003. Production from the Company's Aredor diamond mine was sold in Antwerp, Belgium. The Aredor sale consisted of four parcels of gem quality diamonds totaling 2,405 carats that sold for US$994,761 for an average of US$414 per carat and one parcel of industrial diamonds totaling 3,819 carats that sold for US$162,310 an average of US$42 per carat. All diamonds in the sale were derived from the Company's 85% owned Aredor alluvial mine in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.
Trivalence Mining Corporation is a publicly traded Company with two producing mines located in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa and in the Republic of South Africa. In addition to its mining operations, Company has a joint venture for Kimberlite exploration in the Republic of Botswana, with Tinto Botswana (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto).
Waseem Rahman Director
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