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Lucara Diamond Corporation in a press release dated January 26, 2021, just 12 days after the announcment of the recovery of the first large rough diamond for the year, the 341-carat top white, gem-quality diamond, on January 14, 2021, announced the surprising recovery of a second +300-carat gem-quality, top white diamond, from their 100% owned Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana. The rough diamond is the 55
th over 200-carat diamond to be recovered from the mine, since the year 2015.
378 carat gem quality top white rough diamond
The second recovery is a magnifiient unbroken Type Iia, 378-carat, gem-quality, top-white diamond also recovered from milling of ore sourced from the M/PK(S) unit of the southwestwern quadrant of the South Lobe, renowned for the recovery of large gem-quality diamonds. Both the 378 carat and the 341 carat diamonds were recovered from the Coarse XRT circuit. The second recovery this year is a further testament to the strong resource and process circuit performan