Gemstone miner Gemfields’ latest auction of commercial-quality emeralds, held in Lusaka this week, attracted a record number of international buyers. The auction of 35 schedules of emeralds recovered from the Kagem mine, in which London-based Gemfields…
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Prospecting licences held by dual-listed Botswana Diamonds subsidiary Sunland Minerals have been renewed until September 20, 2021. The licences, which cover just over 500 km2, are located in the Kalahari Desert, west of the Ghaghoo diamond mine.
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Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds, which operates the Kareevlei mine, in the Kimberley region of South Africa, has sold a 7.63 ct diamond for $52 000 during its August tender. This is the company’s fifth diamond to sell for more than $50 000 this year.
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Botswana’s Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security has granted a renewal of TSX-listed Tsodilo Resources’ prospecting licence in the country for an additional two years, ending September 30, 2021.
The licence area, which i…
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Diamond miner De Beers Group on Friday said it was "shocked and saddened" by the sudden death of Debswana MD Albert Milton. Milton had become unwell while in Johannesburg on Thursday evening. He had been admitted to hospital, but died early on …
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Junior miner Stornoway Diamond Corp, the owner and operator of the Renard mine in Quebec, has extended the deadline for bid submissions for a buyer or major investor by two months to September 16.
This comes as the company, which is relying on bridgin…
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A 14.83-ct pink gem found and cut by Alrosa is expected to fetch one of the highest prices ever for a diamond when the Russian company puts it up for sale later this year.
The oval stone, named The Spirit of the Rose, has been certified by the Gemolog…
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De Beers will let buyers reject more diamonds at a sale next week as the mining company shows almost unprecedented flexibility to ease a growing crisis. The Anglo American unit has told customers they can refuse to buy half of the stones offered that a…
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Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province is no longer complying with the minimum bid price requirement of the Nasdaq and has until February 10 to regain compliance with the stock exchange’s listing rules.
Based on the closing bid price for the last 30…
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Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has reported revenue of A$8.8-million from the latest sale of diamonds from its Lulo and Mothae mines, in Angola and Lesotho respectively. The ASX-listed company on Thursday reported that a parcel of 3 558 ct of Lul…
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