Lucara Diamond Corp.
operations

Process

The diamond recovery process at Mothae involves separating heavy mineral concentrate into various size fractions and then passing this material over a continuous grease belt recovery system. All tailings from the grease belt are retained on site in a secure area. Hand sorting of a limited number of audit samples of grease belt tailings has demonstrated that a number of diamonds are not being recovered in this process. As a result, all grease belt tailings is reprocessed using an alternative technique in order to complete the recovery process and more reliably establish diamond grades.


 

Adnet Communications Inc.