Mountain Province Diamonds has announced the recovery of a 67.87-carat diamond from its Gahcho Kue diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
According to a press release by the company, this is the largest gem quality diamond recovered to date at the mine. Patrick Evans, Mountain Province President and CEO, commented that “the presence of large gem quality diamonds at Gahcho Kue was established during the bulk sampling when a 25.13 carat octahedron was recovered. The recovery of a 67.87 carat gem quality diamond during production ramp-up is very encouraging”.
Mountain Province also announced that the Company’s second sale of diamonds from ramp-up production will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, from February 20 to March 1, 2017.
Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kue mine. Gahcho Kue consists of a cluster of four diamondiferous kimberlites, three of which have a probable mineral reserve of 34.88 million tonnes grading 1.57 carats per tonne for total diamond content of 54.64 million carats.
