Mountain Province marches towards first production at Gahcho Kué

TSX- and Nasdaq-listed Mountain Province Diamonds expects to start diamond production at its flagship Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest Territories sometime during the third quarter, having mechanically completed the primary crusher and progressing with commissioning activities of the process plant. The Gahcho Kué Joint Venture, a collaboration between De Beers Canada (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%), continued to progress well, with Mountain Province president and CEO Patrick Evans noting that key remaining areas of focus were finalising commissioning of the process plant, remaining earthworks, prestripping and mining of kimberlite, as well as preparations for operational readiness.