Lucara Diamond Corp.

Overview

The Mothae Diamond Project is 75% owned by Lucara Diamond Corp. and is a 20.0 square kilometre concession located in Lesotho, Africa. The project hosts a large diamondiferous kimberlite pipe with an estimated surface extent of 8.8 hectares. A mining license has been granted until September 2019 and renewable for a further 10 years.

Scope of Work

Lucara conducted a trial mining program to mine and process up to 720,000 tons of kimberlite from the Mothae pipe to gather further data on diamond grade, size distribution and diamond value information. The bulk sampling and trial mining programs were in preparation for future commercial diamond production from the Mothae mine.

2008 – 2009
JDS Energy & Mining Inc. was retained by Lucara Diamond Corp. in June 2008 to manage the 100,000 ton bulk sample and to conduct a scoping study for the upgrade and repair of the bulk sample plant. JDS also managed the bulk sample stockpile and the tailings management.
Value: $2,000,000