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Brazilian Diamonds Limited
21 January 2008

                           BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS LIMITED

                      BULK TESTING CONTINUES AT SALVADOR 1

                    PATOS LABORATORY ACCREDITED TO ISO 17025


Vancouver, BC, January 21, 2008.  Brazilian Diamonds Ltd (BDY: TSX & AIM) 
("Brazilian Diamonds" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that bulk 
sampling on the Company's 100 per cent. owned Salvador 1 diamond bearing 
kimberlite in central Bahia State, Brazil has recommenced and the important ISO 
17025 accreditation for kimberlite indicator mineral recovery from heavy mineral
concentrates at the Company's laboratory in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais has
been reconfirmed following an extensive Brazilian government departmental audit.


Salvador 1 testing programme

The excavation and testing programme at Salvador 1 continues the Company's
evaluation of the Salvador 1 kimberlite following the encouraging recovery of
diamonds during a smaller, mini-bulk sampling programme carried out early in
2007.  The programme comprises pitting and testing at six locations spaced
across the Salvador 1 kimberlite, which is approximately six hectares in surface
area, with each pit designed to recover approximately 1,300 tonnes of
kimberlite.  Excavation of the first pit (Pit 1) was completed late last year
and excavation of the second and third pits commenced prior to the Christmas
break.  Diamond-bearing sand and gravel overlie each of these pits.

At least six different kimberlitic rock types or "phases" have been identified
from the field examination of exposures in Pit 1.  Each of these phases is
interpreted to represent a different intrusive event and thus potentially may
carry a different diamond sample.  The identification of multiple phases
emphasizes the importance of testing the entirety of the six different pits to
determine a representative diamond concentration for the body.  The different
phases also have variable processing characteristics, requiring some ongoing
adjustments to the primary disaggregation plant on site.

The Company has also now completed the third of a three hole diamond drill
programme to test the body at depth.  As with the previous two holes,
encouragingly the third hole was completed to its targeted depth of 200m and
ended in kimberlite.


Patos de Minas Laboratory

The Company's diamond laboratory accreditation to ISO 17025 has been confirmed
following the completion of a comprehensive audit by INMETRO (the National
Institute of Metrology, Normatization and Industrial Quality) in Brazil.  The
Patos de Minas Laboratory is Brazil's only Indicator Mineral Laboratory
accredited to ISO 17025 and represents an important element of the Company's
technical competence providing a significant advantage in achieving a fast and
reliable turnaround of sample results from the Company's field and bulk sampling
programmes as we undertake the systematic evaluation of our extensive portfolio
of kimberlites.

Dr. Harrison Cookenboo (P.Geo), a Consulting Geologist and Qualified Person as
defined under National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for the technical
disclosure in this release and has reviewed and approved the contents of this
release.  Dr. Cookenboo assisted in the design of the Salvador 1 testing
programme and recently completed a site field visit which included the
examination of the kimberlite exposed in Pit 1 as referred to in this
announcement.


Editors' Note

Brazilian Diamonds is a leading Brazil-based exploration company focused on the
discovery of kimberlites on its extensive portfolio of properties in the States
of Minas Gerais and Bahia, with the goal of becoming a significant producer of
diamonds.

The Company is awaiting final approval before commencing the environmental
licensing process for development of the Canastra 1 kimberlite body for which
mine feasibility work has already been completed and the required Mines
Department approvals are already in place.  It is intended to bring Canastra 1
into production once the environmental licensing process is completed.

The Company's Salvador diamond project in Bahia includes the diamondiferous
Salvador 1 kimberlite.  This project was acquired from De Beers which retains a
right to reacquire up to 40 per cent. of any kimberlite found on the Salvador
properties which is confirmed to contain more that 200 carats of diamonds.

The Company has a fully operational diamond separation/analysis laboratory at
Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais which is strategically located near its properties
in the Santo Antonio and Coromandel areas.  The Company has a highly experienced
team including six geologists located at the Company's facilities in Brazil.

The Company's strategy for non-core activities on its properties is to form
joint ventures.  A Cdn$1,000,000 feasibility study is underway for a joint
venture for the mining of alluvial diamonds on its properties in the Santo
Antonio river drainage.  The joint venture involves two important Brazilian
companies: CODEMIG, the state owned mining development organization and
Mineracao Rio Novo Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Andrade Gutierrez SA, one
of Brazil's largest civil engineering firms and an existing large scale, dredge
based producer of alluvial diamonds.


For further information refer to the Company's website www.braziliandiamonds.com
or contact:

Brazilian Diamonds Limited
Ken Judge, Chairman                                            + 44 7733 001 002
Stephen Fabian, CEO                                            + 55 31 9186 4660

Investor Relations
Europe                                                         + 44 207 590 5503
North America                                                  1-866-689-2599

Hanson Westhouse Limited (Nomad to the Company)                + 44 113 246 2610
Tim Feather/Matthew Johnson

Landsbanki Securities (UK) Limited (Broker to the Company)     + 44 207 426 9000
Tom Hulme





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