Program aims to educate young consumers about mined stones’ positive qualities.
Stone is miner’s first 100-carat-plus discovery this year.
Robust market for smaller diamonds boosted figures in second fiscal quarter.
Manufacturers are split on whether small diamonds deserved such a sharp increase.
Company requests suspension of shares amid financial uncertainty.
Extra year could add 2.2 million carats of rough production.
Diamond is miner’s first over 100 carats this year and its 36th overall.
Sales up 63% in 2022 amid solid demand and low inventory levels.
Sales dropped 20% year on year for the six months ending December 31.
Stones that produce melee see second consecutive hike.
Cutting and polishing facility processes diamonds from company’s Ellendale mine, as well as third-party rough.