{"id":1104179,"date":"2019-03-08T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=975574"},"modified":"2019-03-08T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T19:45:22","slug":"petra-diamonds-shares-jump-after-another-discovery-at-cullinan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1104179","title":{"rendered":"Petra Diamonds shares jump after another discovery at Cullinan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) has <a href=\"http:\/\/ir.q4europe.com\/Tools\/newsArticleHTML.aspx?solutionID=3144&amp;customerKey=PetraDiamonds&amp;storyID=14242854\"  rel=\"noopener\">found a 100.83 carat gem-quality diamond<\/a> at its iconic Cullinan mine in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The D-colour, Type II diamond follows the recent recovery of a 6.12 carat Type II blue stone, also at Cullinan.<\/p>\n<p><q class='pullQuote-right'>The company has piled up debt after building a new plant and digging deeper at its flagship Cullinan diamond mine.<\/q><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recoveries demonstrate the prevalence of these types of stones in the Cullinan orebody as well as the ability of the mine&#8217;s plant to recover the full spectrum of diamonds,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/ir.q4europe.com\/Tools\/newsArticleHTML.aspx?solutionID=3144&amp;customerKey=PetraDiamonds&amp;storyID=14242854\"  rel=\"noopener\">Petra said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which appointed last month former gold miner Richard Duffy as chief executive, said that both stones would be included in its upcoming March tender.<\/p>\n<p>Shares climbed as much as 10.5% after the announcement, closing at 21.2p in London on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Petra has been seeking to turn around its fortunes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/petra-diamonds-ceo-leave-following-shares-value-dip-debt-increase\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">after piling up debt<\/a> to expand Cullinan, where the world\u2019s biggest-ever diamond was found in 1905.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a 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