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Stornoway Launches Renard Mine in Quebec

Oct 20, 2016 7:35 AM   By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Stornoway Diamond Corporation said the Renard Diamond Mine in Canada officially opened at a ceremony held Wednesday after two decades of development.

The launch “marks the culmination of approximately 20 years of work to bring the Renard project from a green-field exploration concept to a fully operating new diamond mine,” said Matt Manson, Stornoway’s president and chief executive officer.

“Our production ramp-up continues and we remain on schedule to achieve commercial production by the year end.”

Dignitaries attending the ceremony included Pierre Arcand, Quebec’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
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