The Lace Diamond Mine consists of two types of kimberlite levels – a volcanoclastic kimberlite (VK) level and coherent kimberlite facies (CK). Image courtesy of DiamondCorp plc.
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Aerial view of the Lace Diamond Mine (LDM) located in Kroonstad, Free State,... -
The Lace diamond mine produces diamonds ranging from one carat to 122ct. -
DiamondCorp built a 220tph kimberlite dump re-treatment and 1.2mt/y diamond... -
LDM consists of two types of kimberlite levels – a VK level and coherent... -
Bulk sampling of the tailings at the mine was conducted to restart production. -
The mine is estimated to have reserves of 35.58mt at an average grade of... -
Historically the mine produced about 750,000ct of diamonds at an average...