BlueRock Diamonds has sold three recently recovered gem-quality stones of 58.6 carats, 21.6 carats and 14.3 carats from its Kareevlei diamond mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa, for $1.1 million.
The Aim-listed diamond miner said the stones were sold for $585,000, $268,000 and $236,000 respectively.
"We are delighted with the price achieved for each of these high-quality diamonds, which brought the total sales proceeds for the August tender to $2.1 million, far exceeding the previous highest monthly sale of approximately $900,000,” said the company executive chairperson Mike Houston.
“The average price per carat for the whole parcel was approximately $800."
Meanwhile, he also said that the commissioning of the transformational new plant is proceeding to plan.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished
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