Ellah Muchemwa: ADPA to launch Africa's first diamond mining standard next year

The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which is based in Luanda, Angola, and represents the interests of mainly African diamond producers and those with the potential to produce diamonds, will next year launch the Sustainable Development...

04 november 2024

Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

28 october 2024

Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Diamcor gets TSX nod on warrant amendments

10 august 2021
Diamcor Mining has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange on the repricing of its outstanding warrants.
The company had said last June that it intended to reprice about 2,9 million of its outstanding warrants expiring on June 20, 2021, and about 1,8 million of its outstanding warrants expiring on August 29, 2021.
These warrants were issued under a private placement financing by the company completed in two tranches on June 20, 2018, and August 29, 2018, respectively, each with an original exercise price of $0.60.
The company intended to amend the warrants to have an exercise price of $0.30 per warrant and to be extended for up to a year from the current applicable expiry date.
Diamcor Mining is a fully reporting publicly traded junior diamond mining company.

Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished