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E-TEK assisted Lucara Karowe with the development and updates of:
• GISTM aligned Closure Plan for TSF facility
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The Karowe diamond mine, located in Botswana, is a state-of-the-art mine which was fully commissioned in Q2 2012. Karowe, which means precious stone in the local language, is a large-scale asset with tonnage and throughput upside and is one of world’s foremost producers of large, high quality, Type IIA diamonds in excess of 10.8 carats, including the historic 1,758 Sewelô, the 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona and the 813 carat Constellation.
The mine plan is based on:
Probable reserves from surface to a depth of 324 m below surface of 19.84 mt containing 2.6 million carats, total Mineral Reserve (including stockpiles) of 25.40 mt containing 2.96 million carats (effective date of May 25, 2018, based on 1.25mm bottom cut off size and 70% of the insitu carats at 1.00 BCOS).
A total Indicated resource from surface to a depth of 600 m below surface of 57 mt containing 7.9 million carats including stockpiles (effective date of May 25, 2018, based on 1.25mm bottom cut off size and 70% of the insitu carats at 1.00 BCOS).
Inferred resource from 600 m to 750 m below surface of 1.93 mt containing 1.17 million carats.
For more information, refer to the website for Lucara Karowe mine here.
