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Diamcor delivered 4,174.36 carats upon resumption!

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2,054.88 carats of rough diamonds Tendered and sold in early February!   Diamcor Mining provided an update on the resumption of operations following the required suspension lasting for the majority of 2020 due to the unprecedented events associated with Covid-19.  The Company is making considerable progress increasing processing volumes, diamond recoveries, and revenues since resuming operations.  From December 2020 through January 20, 2021 the Company had delivered 4,174.36 carats of rough diamonds for tender and sale. In a summary key highlights are, 1: Tailings processed during the processing plant initial restart optimization yielded 666.75 carats of rough diamonds generating gross revenues of USD $79,000 equivalent to USD $118.49 per carat.   2: The subsequent processing of quarry material has now resumed, and 1,452.73 carats of rough diamonds from initial exercises were tendered and sold generating gross revenues of USD $266,705, resulting in an average price of USD $183.59 p

Mothae first diamond deal 2021!

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Sales rough worth US$5.6m at US$1,198 per carat Lucapa Diamond Company Limited and its partner, the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, are pleased to provide an update on the first sale of diamonds in 2021 from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. The parcel of 4,676 carats of rough diamonds were sold for a total of US$5.6 million (A$7.2 million) or US$1,198 per carat (A$1,537 per carat). This is the highest average US$ per carat price achieved by Mothae on the sale of any run of mine production parcel. The sale included a number of Specials (diamonds weighing >10.8 carats), including the 101 carat D colour diamond recovered following re-opening of the mine in Q4 2020, which is the most valuable diamond recovered to date at Mothae.   Lucapa Managing Director, Stephen Wetherall commented “Following a tough 2020, where both of our mines were impacted by the pandemic, our valued teams have shown their resilience and operations have bounced back strongly, the good recoveries at bot