- Write by:
-
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 9:55:42 AM
-
552 Visit
-
Print
Mining News Pro - Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) announced Monday the recovery of yet another special diamond from its 70 per cent-owned Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho.
Zoom:
Mining News Pro - Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) announced Monday the recovery of yet another special diamond from its 70 per cent-owned Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho.
The 11.88-carat diamond was recovered from the North zone and, according to Lucapa, it is the first of its kind recovered from that section of the Mothae kimberlite pipe.
In a press release , the miner said that this recovery means that special diamonds can be found in all of the zones sampled at Mothae, the largest one being an 89-carat gem recovered in May from the South-East zone.
“To have already recovered Special sized diamonds from early sampling tonnages in all three of these areas (…) adds to our excitement as we advance construction of our new 150 tph plant, which remains on track for commercial diamond production later this year,” Lucapa Managing Director Stephen Wetherall said in the media statement.
The Mothae kimberlite pipe is located within 5 kilometres of Gem Diamonds’ (LON:GEMD) Letšeng mine, the highest $ per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.
In Wetherall’s view, the results from Mothae complement the high-value production from the Lulo mine in Angola, whose output was of 5,058 carats in the second quarter of 2018.
Related News
Mining News Pro - BlueRock Diamonds (LON: BRD) shares were up 15% on the London Stock Exchange Friday after the miner announced it had recovered its largest diamond ...
Mining News Pro - The Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines has issued 10 exploration permits to Golden Share Resources for drilling targets within the ...
Mining News Pro - Exploration continues at the Star kimberlite, part of the Star-Orion South project 60 km east of Prince Albert. The project is owned by Saskatoon’s ...
Mining News Pro - Lucapa Diamond Company has continued its successful run at auction after securing $US10 million ($14.5 million) for the sale of alluvial diamonds ...
Mining News Pro - Seventy-seven diamond exploration cooperatives started operating in various country`s mining-rich provinces, after receiving permission by the ...
Mining News Pro - Organizations behind lab-grown diamonds continue to push to conquer the market.
Mining News Pro - Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has created the first ever 3D printed diamond composite. The stones lack sparkle, but are perfect for a wide range ...
Mining News Pro - Anglo American has announced the approval by Debmarine Namibia, a 50:50 joint venture between De Beers Group and the Government of the Republic of ...
Mining News Pro - Government should consider transforming the diamond industry for greater private sector and citizen participation, especially in light of the ...