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Gem Diamonds recovers 100.5 carat diamond at Letšeng mine

The diamond, a top white colour Type IIa, is the eleventh diamond over 100 carat diamond to be recovered at the mine so far this year

Gem Diamonds Limited (LON:GEMD) has recovered a 100.5-carat diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

The AIM-listed diamond and gemstone miner said the diamond, a top white colour Type IIa, was the eleventh over 100-carat diamond recovered in 2018 from Letšeng, the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.

READ: Gem Diamonds recovers another diamond of over 100 carats from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho

Another diamond, coming in at 115 carats, was recovered at the mine in May.