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President Masisis of Botswana examining the recently found large diamond from the Karowe Mine. Photo: Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi/Facebook.A massive 2,492-carat diamond — the second largest in the world — has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday.
“We are ecstatic about the recovery of this extraordinary 2,492-carat diamond,” Lucara president William Lamb said in the statement. “I’m told this is the largest diamond to be discovered in Botswana to date and the second in the world,” Masisi said, congratulating the company on the find. “This is precious.”
Diamonds were discovered a year later and today the country is the world’s largest producer by value, the IMF says. “This discovery is largely thanks to newer technology that allows larger diamonds to be extracted from the ground without breaking into pieces. So we will likely see more where this came from,” he said.
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