8. Monastery Mine (Pty) Ltd
The board members of Tradepost decided to dedicate the company’s resources to the exploration of kimberlitic and alluvial diamond properties in southern Africa as a whole. As announced on the JSE’s SENS system on 14 April 2008, as a result of this strategy Tradepost has entered into an agreement to acquire Monastary Mine (Pty) Ltd.

After sucessful prospecting Monastery Mine has been Granted a Mining Right on the farm The Monastery and Laura in the Marquard district of the Eastern free State Province. Also see the SENS announcement of the Monastery Kimberlite project's Diamond Resource statement.