The company Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. released a report on the mine production Gacho Quay (Gahcho Kué) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.
The total production of waste rock and ore in the first nine months - until September 30, 2016 - with kimberlite pipe 5034 was about 15.9 million tonnes, which was stored about 17, 000 tons of ore.
Expansion of production at the mine Gacho Quay, located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, was launched August 1, 2016. From August 1 to September 30, the company has processed a total of about 130 000 tonnes of ore and produced 198 000 carats of diamonds, of which the share of the company, corresponding to 49% of its shares, amounted to about 97 000 carats.
The first sale of the Mountain Province Diamonds production will take place in the framework of a public tender for January 2017 in Antwerp and about once every five weeks after that.
"Produced in September diamond weighing 50 carats is the largest to date and confirms that Gacho Quay has significant deposits of high gem quality diamonds. Deposits fancy yellow diamonds of good size and very inspiring. I hope that we will see other fancy diamonds in the process of increasing production ", - said Patrick Evans (Patrick Evans), President and CEO.
Gacho Quay Project - a joint venture between Mountain Province, which owns a 49% stake, and De Beers Canada, which owns the remaining 51% stake. This project is considered to be the world's largest new diamond mine, and consists of a cluster of four diamondiferous kimberlites, three of which are expected to contain 55.5 million carats of diamonds.
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Minister of Lesotho Lebohang Totanyana mining (Lebohang Totanyana) said that the country plans to increase diamond production from the current 340,000 carats and 1.5 million carats in 2017.
The African Council on Mining Minister noted that this can be achieved due to the fact that the majority of operations will reach its design capacity of diamond mining in the next year.
According to him, the mine Likhobong (Liqhobong), production of which will begin next year, will produce 1 million carats annually. Mine Kuu (Koo) will bring 260 000 carats annually.
Totanyana added that the annual volume of production at the mine Letseng (Letseng) is 110 000 carats, and Lemfeyn (Lemphane) and Motae (Mothae) - a total of 100 000 carats annually.
The project is a Northern-Fishers (Northen Fissures) will bring 72,000 carats each year.
Meanwhile, the minister said that the country is 405 kimberlites, 39 of which are tubes 23 - faults breed, and 343 - dikes.
Totanyana said that the country is gradually moving in the direction of increasing the added value of its diamonds, and will first offer to buy the stones in the country before delivering them for export.
"For a long time we were faced with structural difficulties, and did not have a platform for the diamond trade in the past, we were packed and exported diamonds in Antwerp, -. Laments Totanyana -. In itself, this has made it difficult, because we were going to organize a facet of our stones Now we. present diamond center Lesotho (Lesotho diamond Centre), which will provide a platform for buying and selling of diamonds. We are confident that this is the beginning of our plans to cut the organization in the country. "
He said that Gem Diamonds Letseng mine already finished cutting and polishing company, but the official Maseru developing optimal business model of the project.
"For us it is not just the beneficiation of the country, but also the opportunity to do business, to invest in faceting, - added the Minister -. We want to find any way of our plans, and I'm glad that we can see the response from people who We would like to take this niche (beneficiation). "
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