Sierra Leone: Diamond Mining Company Octea Facing Claims It Owes Money to Sierra Leone Town and New York Jeweller Tiffany

Nov 24, 2015 | David Connett, Independent
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Tiffany has announced it has deferred payment of $50m (£33m) of loans it made to Octea to develop the mine while Koidu town council now claims it will take legal action over 2.7bn leones (£400,000) in unpaid property taxes.