Started over 20 years ago in Karibib. Today we mine tourmaline at our own site and supply jewelers worldwide — the milestones along the way.
Tourmaline exploration begins in the Erongo Region, Namibia. From Karibib the first pegmatite veins are explored — parallel to the Erongo Mountains.
Otjikatjango and Omapyu are opened as the first mining sites and become the company’s most productive mines.
Operations are structured under Kariongo Trading as a professional mining company — with own equipment and permanent staff.
New Neuschwaben concession opened — home of the deepest, dark blue tourmalines in the region.
Rough stones are now also cut into faceted stones — in Namibia and overseas. “Gemstones have a beauty unlike anything else.”
A sister company in Germany takes over transparent export and European distribution to jewelers.
Indigo Blue Namibia mines tourmaline at its own site — blue, green and rubellite — and delivers directly to jewelers worldwide.
