Gem Diamonds finds sixth 100+ carat stone this year
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed a 212.9-carat Type II white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, less than a month after a previous major find. The diamond,…
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Lucara Diamond records strong quarter at Karowe mine
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) said it has sold about 12% more diamonds from its Karowe mine in Botswana than in the first quarter of 2023 and operating costs are down…
Gem Diamonds finds yet another big stone in Lesotho
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed a new major Type II white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, barely six days after the previous find. The 118.74-carat…
Montage Gold gains on Lundin-backed financing
Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) hired a new CEO and nearly doubled a Lundin Group-backed stock offering to fund the US$712 million Koné gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. Toronto-based…
Gem Diamonds and Lucara find first big stones of 2024
Africa-focused miners Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) and Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) have recovered big, high-quality Type IIa diamonds at their respective operations. Gem Diamonds said on Thursday it had unearthed…
Lucara Diamond ends HB Trading sale agreement
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has terminated its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine in Botswana, following a “material breach of financial commitments” by HB. The two parties inked…
Lucara Diamond to replace CEO Eira Thomas
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) announced Monday the company will appoint William Lamb as president and chief executive officer and a director, replacing Eira Thomas. Thomas co-founded Lucara in 2007, with…
Lucara shares up on report of fourth diamond recovery north of 1,000 carats
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; BSE: LUC) shares rose by more than 12% Wednesday after it reported pulling a 1,080 carat diamond from its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. It’s the…
Lucara underground Karowe diamond mine cost jumps 25% to US$683M
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has increased total preproduction costs for its Karowe underground diamond mine expansion to US$683 million, a 25% rise over its earlier estimate of US$547 million in…
De Beers merges two auctions as diamond sales disappoint
It sold $480 million worth of rough diamonds in the period between May 1 and May 16, 21% less than in the same period of 2022.
Lucara loses lustre as diamond production, sales disappoint
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; BSE: LUC) has reported lower production and sales figures during the March quarter as mine sequencing and persisting soft market conditions weighed on the bottom line,…
CMS 2022: Digital sales, blockchain tracing cement Lucara’s place in diamond market
The post-pandemic period represents “the best diamond market in the better part of a decade,” Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) president and CEO Eira Thomas told delegates at The Northern Miner’s…