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North of 60 Mining News – September 30, 2022
Industry experts confirmed that this 71.26-carat gem discovered at the Ekati Mine in Northwest Territories is likely the largest fancy vivid yellow diamond recovered in Canada.
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Sept. 23 announced the recovery of an exceptional 71.26-carat yellow octahedron diamond at the company's Ekati Mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Renowned for the premium gem-quality stones it produces, Ekati has recovered more than 80 million carats of diamonds since the mine opened in 1998.
The 71.26 fancy vivid yellow diamond was recovered on Aug. 25 at Misery, a kimberlite pipe at Ekati that has been the source of many of the world's precious yellow diamonds.
While Ekati has produced some remarkable diamonds over the past 24 years, including a 186-carat gem quality stone recovered from the Pigeon pit, industry experts have confirmed that the diamond recovered from Misery in August is likely the largest fancy vivid yellow gemstone discovered in Canada.
"This historic fancy vivid yellow gemstone continues to showcase Canada as a major player on the world stage for diamond mining," said Arctic Canadian Diamond Company President and CEO Rory Moore. "Canadian diamonds are some of the most sought-after globally because of responsible mining practices and environmental stewardship. This stone is a testament to Ekati's ability to deliver value now and into the future."
The Ekati Mine is currently expected to continue delivering responsibly-mined gem quality diamonds to global markets until 2028.
Exploration and other initiatives to extend the mine life at Ekati are ongoing. These initiatives include the development of an innovative underwater mining crawler to extract the deeper resources from open pit mines at the Sable, Fox and Point Lake kimberlites. If successful, the mining of these deeper portions of existing orebodies would extend the life of Ekati for many years to come.
Over his more than 16 years of covering mining and mineral exploration, Shane has become renowned for his ability to report on the sector in a way that is technically sound enough to inform industry insiders while being easy to understand by a wider audience.
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