On August 22, Lucara Diamond Corp., a Canadian mining company, announced the discovery of a rough diamond weighing approximately 2,492 carats in Botswana.
Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the discovery of a rough diamond weighing around 2,492 carats in Botswana. (Photo: lucaradiamond.com).
According to the announcement, the diamond was found at the Karowe diamond mine, located in northeastern Botswana, approximately 430 km from the capital city, Gaborone. Lucara has not disclosed the estimated value of the newly discovered diamond and has also not provided details about the quality of this gem. The diamond was discovered using Lucara’s Mega Diamond Recovery X-ray technology.
In terms of carat weight, this diamond appears to be only slightly smaller than the largest diamond ever mined, the Cullinan diamond, which weighed 3,016.75 carats and was found in South Africa in 1905.
Botswana is one of the largest diamond producers in the world, and diamond mining is a primary source of income for the country. Prior to this newly discovered diamond, the largest diamond mined in Botswana was a 1,758-carat diamond, also found by Lucara in 2019, which was named Sewelo.
