(thediamondloupe.com) - Eira Thomas was recently appointed as the new CEO of Lucara Diamond Corp., replacing William Lamb, who oversaw the successful creation of the world-class Karowe mine in Botswana. Thomas brings more than 25 years’ experience in the mining industry to Lucara, including 16 years with Aber Diamond Corporation (now Dominion Diamond), where she played an integral role as a geologist at its initial discovery and ultimately became Director of the Board. She was co-founder of Stornoway Diamond Corp., serving as CEO and then as Executive Chairman, leading the acquisition of the Renard diamond deposit. In 2007, she founded Lucara with Lukas Lundin and Catherine McLeod Seltzer. Eira Thomas most recently served as CEO of Kaminak Gold Corporation, which was acquired by Goldcorp in 2016 for $520 million. She is also a director of Suncor Energy. We caught up with her in Antwerp to talk about her new role as CEO of Lucara, and about Lucara’s acquisition of Clara Diamond Solutions, a digital sales platform for rough stones that promises to transform the way rough diamonds are transacted.
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