Gem recovers 115 ct diamond from Letšeng

22nd May 2018 By: Anine Kilian - Contributing Editor Online

LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered a 115 ct, top white colour Type IIa diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho, the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world. 

This is the ninth diamond of over 100 ct recovered at the mine this year, already exceeding the total number of diamonds of over 100 ct recovered in 2017.