Gem Diamonds has recovered a 122.20ct Type II white diamond at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
This is the eleventh greater than 100-carat diamond recovered at the mine this year.
The miner unearthed a 129.71-carat Type II white diamond and a 145.55-carat Type II white diamond in August.
It also extracted a 123.20ct Type II white diamond and a 172.06ct Type II white stone in June.
Gem Diamonds found a 212.49ct Type II white diamond in May.
It also retrieved a 118.74-ct Type II white diamond and a 169.15-ct Type II white diamond in April.
The miner unearthed a 113-carat white Type II diamond in February.
It recovered a 139-carat low-quality boart diamond and a 295-carat white Type II diamond in January.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief, Rough&Polished