Mothae Mine Yields Two Diamonds Over 100 Carats

RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company has unearthed two rough diamondsweighing more than 100 carats from its Mothae mine in Lesotho. The 220- and 127-carat stones, which are low-quality diamonds, werefound during the treatment of recovery tailings - ore that has already beenprocessed once. They are the second and third stones weighing more than 100carats recovered from Mothae since Lucapa began commercial production there inJanuary, the company said Monday. The miner retrieved a 126-carat, gem-qualityrough from the deposit in May. Lucapa produced 3,096 carats from Mothae in October, a recordmonth, it added. Image: The 220-carat diamond from Mothae. (Lucapa)