Stellar completes trial mining evaluation at Baoulé

Trial mining at Aim-listed Stellar Diamonds’ 75% owned, five-hectare Baoulé kimberlite pipe in Guinea has been completed ahead of schedule through the processing of over 100 000 t of kimberlite from the eastern and western lobes of the pipe.  Stellar announced on Monday that 11 000 ct had been recovered from Baoulé at a +1.25mm cutoff, giving an average grade of 11.4 carats per hundred tons while 929 stones greater than one carat had been yielded, including numerous high-value gem and yellow diamonds.