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The Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine is a joint venture between Mountain Province Diamonds (49%) and De Beers Canada (51%). [2] [3] [4]The mine, which opened officially on 20 September 2016, consists of the Gahcho Kué kimberlite pipes, which lie underneath Kennady Lake.
Gahcho Kue Aerodrome (IATA: GHK, TC LID: CGK2) is an airport located 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) east southeast of the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is owned and operated by De Beers Canada and serves the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project.
De Beers opened the Victor mine in Ontario, Canada, the same year, a day after Snap Lake. [69] This was followed by the opening of the company's third mine in Canada, Gahcho Kue, in September 2016. [70] Trading of rough diamonds takes place through two channels – De Beers Global Sightholder Sales [71] (GSS) and De Beers Auction Sales. [72]
Debswana operates four diamond mines in the eastern and central parts of Botswana, as well as a coal mine. [3] Debswana is a joint venture between the government of Botswana and the South African diamond company De Beers ; each party owns 50 percent of the company.
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The Gahcho Kué kimberlite pipes is a cluster of Cambrian kimberlite diatremes located 280 km (174 mi) northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It consists of five pipes: 5034, Hearne, Wilson, Tuzo and Tesla.
British businessmen Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato made their fortunes in Kimberley, and Rhodes established the De Beers diamond company in the early days of the mining town. On 2 September 1882, Kimberley was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere and the second in the world after Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in the United States to ...
The second was an agreement originally dated 20 April 1892 between BSAC and De Beers. That document essentially memorialised existing indebtedness of BSAC to De Beers and formalised those obligations into mortgage debentures, and increased the amount of the credit advanced to a total of £112,000. Subsequent amendments to the agreement ...