According to the release Dominion, evaluation tube resources Leslie suggests that it contains 51 million tonnes of rock with a diamond content of 16 million carats, making it the priority of the tubes mine Ekati on which of bulk samples have been received but not yet included in the production plan.
Dominion predicted that approximate the average diamond price Leslie tube will be $ 85 per carat, while the maximum - $ 120 per carat.
The surface area of the tube Leslie reaches about seven acres. The content of diamond in the 680 tons of samples taken at the tube was 224 carats, or about 0.3 carats per ton.
"Tube Leslie is the most high priority among kimberlites, where bulk sampling results that demonstrate the announced resource estimate was prepared," - said Dzhim Govans (Jim Gowans), chairman of the Dominion government.
According to the World Diamond Council (World Diamond Council, WDC), handicraft Diamond miners such as Brazil, are the main cause of "conflict" diamonds in the supply chain.
ReplyDeleteScientific solution to identify and remove "blood diamonds" from the global supply chain can be realized in the next few years, the portal afr.com believes as the industry experiencing increasing pressure from consumers focused on proof of origin of the stones.
The fact that the President of the World Diamond Council is considering the transition of the Kimberley Process to the next level, it's a technology that could change the way to track the origin of diamonds.
The Kimberley Process was established in accordance with the UN resolution in 2000 as a system aimed at the eradication of conflict diamonds, defined it as the stones that are sold to fund rebel movements aimed at overthrowing legitimate governments.
According to Andrei Polyakov, WDC President and Vice-President of the Russian diamond giant Alrosa, about 99.8% of the world's diamonds are certified by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the small mining communities, mostly in Africa, are the last call.