Lucara Diamonds (LUC:TSX), the African diamond producer and Lundin Group company, announced its 2014 operational and financial outlook.  The company is forecasting revenues of $150 – $160 million in 2014 on 400,000 – 420,000 carats of diamonds being sold.  This includes the assumption that Lucara will have two ‘exceptional’ stone tenders, although this may be conservative given… Continue Reading

The Lundin Group’s Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC) jumped 11.3% in early trading Friday after the company announced a greater than $1 billion increase in the estimated in-situ value of the Indicated mineral resource at the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. The growth is credited to the company’s consistent recovery of large and exceptional stones at… Continue Reading

Click here to watch the BNN interview.  Andrew Bell: We’ve seen a couple of downgrades, BMO and RBC, they say nothing wrong with the company, just the stock’s got above their valuation. William Lamb: I think the way we would see that is they are basing on information which is available in the market. The… Continue Reading

Lukas Lundin’s Lucara Diamond (LUC:TSX) sold almost $23 million from their third ‘exceptional’ stone tender.  The diamonds were from the company’s Karowe mine in Botswana which has been the backbone of the company’s success this year.  In May of this year, LUC announced their first stone tender which sold 15 stones for gross revenue of… Continue Reading

The Lundin Group’s Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC) reached a 52 week high of $1.25 Friday, with shares in the African diamond producer closing at $1.23 on approx. 700,000 shares. Lucara’s shares have more than doubled since the company entered production at its 100% owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana in August, 2012 (Related: A New Age… Continue Reading

Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the recovery of a 257 carat diamond from its Karowe Mine in Botswana. Read the press release: Lucara Recovers Exceptional 257 Carat Diamond “Revenues generated from the sale of these diamonds will be used to reduce debt and strengthen Lucara’s balance sheet,” Lucara CEO William Lamb commented. Here’s the 12… Continue Reading

Bloomberg interviewed Lucara Diamond Corp. CEO William Lamb in Vancouver last week. Mr. Lamb communicated a desire to diversify Lucara’s asset base: “We’re still only a company of one asset. To de-risk you want at least two assets, two producing entities.” He also put a bright spin on falling diamonds prices: “Some companies might put… Continue Reading

“One drill hole changes the game. It’s very hard to decide who gets to make it and who doesn’t. It’s a big gate, and yet very few make it through. But you have to let them try.” — Lukas Lundin “Did you know you were getting the better end of that deal with Kinross?” I… Continue Reading

A World of Mining Special – Part 1 of 2 This is a story about Eira Thomas, dubbed the “Queen of Diamonds” for her role leading the geologists who discovered the kimberlite pipes that became the Diavik diamond mine. Diavik, Canada’s second diamond mine, produced 1.9 million carats of the sparkling stones in the fourth quarter… Continue Reading

William Lamb, President and CEO commented, “The recovery of these large stones is hugely significant to both Lucara and Botswana. To the best of my knowledge, the 239 carat stone is one of the largest diamonds ever to have been recovered from the highly prolific Orapa kimberlite field in over 40 years of production. The… Continue Reading

Could a mine opening ceremony be a catalyst to LUC’s share price? Lucara Diamond Corp ($LUC on the TSX big board) is a Lundin Group diamond mining and development company that I owned and wrote about last year. I entered at an average cost of $.87 cents and sold at $1.11 (Sources: 1, 2). For those new… Continue Reading