Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Processing |
- Gravity separation
- X-Ray sorting
|
| Mine Life | 2 years (as of Jan 1, 2017) |
Anglo American owns 85% of De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company. The remaining 15% of De Beers is owned by the Government of the Republic of Botswana (GRB).
Summary:
Victor Mine is De Beers Group of Companie's second mine outside Africa. It is an open pit centred on one of 18 kimberlite bodies in the area. The Victor ore body consists to two cone shaped intrusions that have a combined area of 15 hectares.
The Victor kimberlite consists of two adjacent intrusions, referred to as “Victor Main” and “Victor Southwest.”
Summary:
Victor Mine is an open pit diamond mining operation.
Processing Technologies
- Gravity separation
- X-Ray sorting
Summary:
Kimberlite ore, after blasting to break the rock, is excavated and loaded into trucks and transported to a processing plant where the diamonds are extracted by crushing the ore and utilizing a number of gravity separation techniques. Final separation of the diamonds from other minerals is carried out in an x-ray machine.
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|
Diamond
|
k carats
| ......  | ...... | 644 | 647 |
All production numbers are expressed as mineral.
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Reserves at December 31, 2017:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained carats |
|
Proven & Probable
|
0.1 Mt
|
Diamond
|
0.187 carats/t
|
0.02 M carats
|
|
Measured & Indicated
|
0.5 Mt
|
Diamond
|
0.241 carats/t
|
0.1 M carats
|
|
Inferred
|
0.8 Mt
|
Diamond
|
0.345 carats/t
|
0.3 M carats
|