127 carat diamond recovered by Lucara
Top
white gem diamond from Karowe
A
total of 129 diamonds in excess of
100
carats have been recovered so far!
Lucara
Diamond announces the recovery of a 127 carat, top white gem diamond, from its
100% owned Karowe Diamond mine located in Botswana. Since mining began at Karowe in 2012, a total
of 129 diamonds in excess of 100 carats have been recovered, 33 in 2018
alone.
That
tally includes 12 diamonds larger than 300 carats in size, of which 5 were
recovered in 2018. In addition, Lucara
has sold 180 diamonds in excess of $1 million each and ten diamonds have sold
for in excess of $10 million each.
Eira
Thomas, CEO commented: "The recovery of this latest, high value, top white
127 carat diamond attests to the remarkable nature of the Karowe ore body,
which has consistently delivered large, high value diamonds throughout its
history. 2018 was a banner year, having recovered a record number of Specials
(diamonds >10.8 carats in size).
In
2019, mining will be largely focused on the high value south lobe, including
contributions from the newly refined EMPKS unit which is now understood to be
the source of both the historic 1109 carat Lesedi la Rona and the 813 carat
Constellation, which sold for a record US$63.1 million.
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