Lucapa finds top-color 64-carat rough.

Junior miner Lucapa recovered an exceptional, D-color type IIA gem, weighing 64 carats at its Mothae mine in Lesotho.

Lucapa managing director Stephen Wetherall said the gem is the best individual diamond recovered to the date from the Mothae mine in Lesotho, "further underlining its status as a source of large and premium-value stones.

"The recovery of this exceptional 64-carat gem also represents a great start to our mining campaign in the high margin zones in the southern pit at Mothea," Wetherall stated.