The advent of complex systems including magnetic
channel and TEM airborne survey channel in the first
years of 21st century got a huge step forward in kimberlite
industry. But up to the present day in many prospective
areas only magnetic survey is used for kimberlite
exploration on a mass scale. In case of complex surveys
with magnetic and transient electromagnetic channels
specialists often consider magnetic survey as the main
exploration method for data interpretation, pipe anomaly
isolation and their rating according to the degree of
prospectivity. While electromagnetic survey is
considered to be a supplementary method for sorting and
classification of magnetic anomalies. In our opinion, this
approach is fundamentally wrong and leads to serious
negative consequences, decreasing the effectiveness of
kimberlite exploration. Let us validate this conclusion by
the example of diamond exploration works that have been
performed in Angola over the last decade. It is a known
fact that through the last years Angola has been the leader
both in the number of kimberlite bodies discovered
annually and in rough diamond reserves increment,
despite of rather meager budget of diamond exploration
works.