page_title: Lucara Diamond
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Lucara Diamond / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of kimberlite mines and fields in Botswana in 2013.
context_page_description: Lucara Diamond Corp. is a diamond exploration and mining company, founded in 2009 by two Canadian mining executives, Eira Thomas, Catherine McLeod-Seltzer and Swedish-Canadian mining billionaire Lukas Lundin, operating in southern Africa but established in Canada. In November 2015, Lesedi La Rona, the world's second largest gem-quality diamond ever found, was found at the Karowe mine in Botswana.
context_section_description: Lucara owned a 40% share of the AK6 kimberlite project (now the Karowe mine) in Botswana. In October 2010, Lucara bought African Diamonds, giving it a 100% share in the mine. The mine has an estimated $US2.2 billion of diamonds. AK6 is in the Orapa/Letlhakane district.
  Mothae diamond project in Lesotho: Kimberlite processing began in June 2010; a 53.5 carat diamond has already been discovered.
  Kavango project in Namibia
  Planned mines, and applications for mining licenses, in Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Botswana.
caption: Diamond mines and kimberlite fields in Botswana
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