| Let’s talk diamonds for a change. Often it seems that gold gets all the fun when I write and speak about precious metals and minerals. But Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond, which we own in both our Gold and Precious Metals Fund (USERX) and World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX), has been turning heads here at U.S. Global Investors lately for a number of reasons, the most notable being that it continues to report stellar returns.
The company reports that, in its second quarter, it achieved tender proceeds, or profits, of $95 million from sales of 111,900 carats of diamonds, amounting to $849 per carat. Compared to last year’s second quarter, profits are up an impressive 93 percent...............................................Full Article: Source
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