珀斯 - ARGYLE AMBASSADORS.ppt

* We operate mines on three continents – Canada, Zimbabwe in Africa and Australia – these are our operating mines We also have a new project under development in India First discovery in India in 50 years One of only four mines expected to come online within the next 10 years in the world. So we are very excited Regardless of where they are mined, all of our rough diamonds will go to our SM HQ in Antwerp Belgium, the world’s diamond capital There the rough is sorted and made available for sales to our global customer base We also have a network of representative offices in each of the major diamond markets to support our customers with their marketing activities HK office set-up recently to work closely with CTF * I’m going to tell you a little bit about most important and iconic mines Argyle mine is located in North Western Australia, one of the world’s most remote and beautiful locations – some of the people in this room have had a chance to visit and can give you first hand account of this this amazing location It is also one of the harshest with temperatures daily reaching 40 degrees celcius in summer Challenging to operate a mine in these conditions Nonetheless Argyle has been operating for 25 years and during that time have given the world 800 million carats of rough diamonds Let me put that into context for you micro-Pave 20 tennis courts So has been a significant supplier of diamonds to the world for a very long time In contrast our Canadian mine is located very close to the Arctic Circle and operates in freezing temperatures. What make this mine so unique is that its actually located on a small island in the middle of a lake Lake frozen for two months of the year allowing us to drive in materials and equipment over the ice roads The rest of the time the mine is surrounded by water and any requirements must be flown-in Spot landing stripI’ve not been to this mine yet but apparently it’s a must see location * Our diverse diamonds operations allo