VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/31/13 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to provide a summary of 2012 production and project progress.
Karowe Mine
-- The mine treated 1.4 million tonnes, 9% above forecast in 2012. Ramp-up to full production capacity, which commenced in April, was achieved by August
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/13 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to report the recovery of an additional two rare blue diamonds from its Karowe Mine in Botswana.
The larger of the two diamonds recovered has a weight of 4.77 carats with the smaller diamond weighing 0.2 carats. Options for the sale of the stones are currently being [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/17/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to report results of its final diamond sale for 2012. The sale of Karowe diamonds was completed on December 17, 2012. A total of 62 lots were put up for sale containing 62,238 carats of diamonds of which 56 lots were sold achieving an average price of $273 per carat and [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/05/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company"), subsequent to its annual budget Board meeting provides operating performance guidance for 2013.
William Lamb, President and Chief Executive Officer commented "The current year has been a successful and rewarding year for Lucara as we transitioned from a [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/26/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to report results of the Karowe diamond sale completed on November 26, 2012. A total of 52 lots were put up for sale containing 56,982 carats of diamonds. All lots were sold, for an average price of $300 per carat yielding gross proceeds of $17.14 million. The jewel of the [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company") today reports its third quarter 2012 results.
Lucara completed two diamond sales at Karowe totalling 88,579 carats during the third quarter resulting in proceeds of $19.9 million. The company declared commercial production at Karowe as at July 1, 2012 and [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/05/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to announce the recovery of a 9.46 carat rare Type II blue diamond from its wholly owned Karowe Mine in Botswana. The diamond, the first of its kind to be identified at Karowe, will be sold on tender at the upcoming sale of Karowe diamonds which will take place on November 26 [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/17/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to report results of the Mothae Diamond sale completed on September 14, 2012. A total of 4,657 carats of diamonds were sold for gross proceeds of $1.51 million, yielding an average price per carat of $324. The diamond sale consisted of 32 sales parcels of which 26 were sold on [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/10/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to report results of the Karowe diamond sale completed on September 10, 2012. A total of 48 lots were put up for sale containing 52,231 carats of diamond. All lots were sold, including the 741 carats withheld from the previous sale for an average price of $257 per carat [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/10/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company") today reports its second quarter 2012 results.
William Lamb, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The first half saw Lucara transition from development stage to a producing diamond mining company. We are pleased with the pace of development at [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/16/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the ramp-up at the Karowe mine and the results of the sale of 36,353 carats of Karowe diamonds from its second diamond auction.
Karowe Update
Production ramp-up is making excellent progress. To date more than 310,000 tonnes [...]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/11/12 -- Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX: LUC)(BOTSWANA: LUC)(NASDAQ OMX First North: LUC) is pleased to announce the sale today of 26,196 carats of Karowe diamonds through its new online auction system.
A total of 35 individual lots containing 29,339 carats of diamond were put up for sale through the on-line auction. Of the 35 lots, 30 were sold [...]