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Waste dump alluvial success for Blina

BLINA Diamonds has completed a limited mining operation in the Ellendale 9 North area in Western Australia recovering almost 20,000 diamonds at an average grade of 20 carats per hundred tonnes and an expected value of just under $US200 per carat.

Ben Sharples
Waste dump alluvial success for Blina

The mining operation was undertaken in conjunction with Kimberley Diamond Co from within the footprint of a proposed waste dump for KDC’s Ellendale 9 mining operation. Over 36,000 tonnes of alluvial...

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