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Lucara Sample Yields 4.56ct. Diamond
Mar 7, 2017 10:24 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corporation has recovered rough diamonds
weighing more than 1 carat apiece – including one weighing 4.56 carats – from an
ore sample that came from its BK02 exploration project in Botswana.
That largest stone was a white-grey octahedron, the miner
said on Monday. In total, the company recovered 22 diamonds of more than a
carat each, including two stones that exceeded 2 carats.
The combined weight of all the diamonds recovered from the 5,021-tonne
sample was 309.79 carats, at a sample grade of 6.2 carats per 100 tonnes of
ore.
Together with an earlier sample from BK02, Lucara has
recovered a total of 584.12 carats from 10,937 tonnes of kimberlite at a sample
grade of 5.3 carats per hundred tonnes. The three largest diamonds from
the two samples weighed 5.48 carats, 4.56 carats and 2.71 carats respectively.
The diamonds from the test are due to be valued
independently early in the second quarter of 2017.
Lucara’s chief executive officer, William Lamb, described
the results as “very encouraging.”
Meanwhile, the company’s share price ended Monday unchanged.
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Tags:
BK02, Botswana, exploration, lucara, Lucara Diamond Corporation, Octahedron, Rapaport News, William Lamb
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