Aim- and BSE-listed diamond explorer Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has successfully completed its nine-hole drilling programme on the Thorny River property in South Africa. The objective was to see if two kimberlite blows – the River and River Extension – were one contiguous orebody, thus increasing the overall resource and improving
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In a bid to drum up investor appetite for rough, natural diamonds, mining company Lucara Diamond Corp and manufacturer HB Antwerp on Monday unveiled a 1 175-ct diamond in New York City. The companies are billing the stone as the largest rough diamond to be shown in the United States,
Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds recorded good progress on a number of fronts during the six months ended June 30, chairperson Mike Houston says, despite a challenging period and delays in the expansion project at its Kareevlei mine, in the Kimberley region of South Africa. The company announced a significant increase to
After trying to offload it for four years, Gem Diamonds finally sold its Ghaghoo mine in Botswana. According to Diamond World, Gem Diamonds sold the mine for $4 million to Okwa Diamonds, a company owned by Vast Resources and Botswana Diamonds. Credit: Free Wind 2014 / Shutterstock.com Ghaghoo
TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining managed to tender and sell 4 468 ct of rough diamonds in the six months ended June 30, generating revenue of about $1.2-million and realising an average price of $270.39/ct. The company also delivered an additional 1 500 ct for tender right before the period ended.
“In addition the commissioning of the transformational new plant is proceeding to plan.” – Mike Houston, Executive Chairman The post Three large diamonds recovered by BlueRock sell for $1.1 million appeared first on Miningreview.com.
