William Lamb told : “The auction room had two types of buyers; wealthy private investors interested in the diamond as a personal asset and traders, or middlemen interested in the diamond to cut and polish it for jewellery,”

mmegi Thursday, April 25, 2019 10:19:00 AM EAT

William Lamb added : “It was our beloved tree and we were very sorry to lose it”

oxfordtimes Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

William Lamb commented : “The company is forecasting to mine robust volumes from the high-value south lobe and continuing waste mining to complete the push back at the Karowe mine to fully access south lobe ore,”

miningweekly Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:46:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “If you look at diamond stocks this year, performance has been very poor,”

miningweekly Monday, October 2, 2017 2:32:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "It does lead down the path of are we going to have a special dividend?" "That's completely down to the discretion of the board"

nzherald Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:57:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

abs-cbnnews Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:04:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, September 26, 2017 5:41:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

dailytimesPK Tuesday, September 26, 2017 5:05:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

naharnet-en Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:54:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company-defining event for Lucara,"

msn-uk Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:37:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "If that doesn't pan out ... within the next six to eight weeks we will most fully look to enter into a partnership," "I think we've got to. It's been almost two years since we recovered the stone and the market is, I think, chomping at the bit, waiting to see what the outcome from that is going to be"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "I think people don't really understand the quantum of money we're looking at,"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at $250 000,"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at [US]$250,000,"

mining Monday, August 7, 2017 3:30:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "If that doesn't pan out ... within the next six to eight weeks we will most fully look to enter into a partnership," "I think we've got to. It's been almost two years since we recovered the stone and the market is, I think, chomping at the bit, waiting to see what the outcome from that is going to be"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "I think people don't really understand the quantum of money we're looking at,"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at $250,000,"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We have worked with our new mine contractor to improve performance during Q2 and Q3, and our mining department is now achieving our productivity targets,”

mining Friday, August 4, 2017 6:55:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “Our focus on the process plant is to complete the capital projects, further enhancing diamond recovery by the end of Q3 this year,” “This will place the Karowe mine in an even stronger position to maximize value from the recovery and sale of diamonds from the high value south lobe,”

mining Friday, August 4, 2017 6:55:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We look forward to continued success in 2017 with the advancement of our exploration and deep drilling programs and the completion of our capital programmes to enhance diamond recovery from the high value south lobe,”

miningweekly Friday, December 9, 2016 6:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “2016 has been a successful year for Lucara with strong cash flows driven by revenues from the south lobe supported by our continued focus on cost control. Our performance resulted in a special dividend payment in 2016 and we anticipate increasing our 2017 dividend from six Canadian cents per share to 10 cents per share,”

thediamondloupe Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:43:00 PM EAT

William Lamb commented : “These ongoing excellent results demonstrate the sustainability of production and the continued strong demand for Karowe's high-value diamonds,”

miningweekly Friday, November 18, 2016 2:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “These ongoing excellent results demonstrate the sustainability of production and the continued strong demand for Karowe's high value diamonds,”

apanews-en Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:13:00 PM EAT

William Lamb added : “Our focus on advancing our recovery techniques, marketing strategy and the routes to market for the sale of such exceptional diamonds has resulted in the expansion of our premium customer base and is achieving maximum diamond recoveries, prices and shareholder value,”

miningweekly Thursday, October 6, 2016 11:55:00 AM EAT

William Lamb told : “We’re not discounting going back to the auction process in some form in the future,”

thediamondloupe Monday, August 8, 2016 12:31:00 PM EAT

William Lamb maintains : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Friday, July 8, 2016 1:47:00 AM EAT

William Lamb maintains : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Friday, July 8, 2016 1:40:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “So somebody was actually willing to put US$68.3 million on the table for the diamond,”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “I think it’s too difficult to say with a high level of certainty that Brexit was the reason why it didn’t sell,” “There may be certain components which have allowed increased volatility in the global economic market”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “Lucara is not desperate to sell it,” “We have an exceptionally strong balance sheet, we have no debt, so we can actually take it slow. Let’s not react in an irrational way and choose the very first person that makes an offer”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “The optionality which the stone holds as a rough stone is multiple solutions and once you polish it, all of that is gone,”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "If you look at the bidding, you could see people were placing a value on the polished outcome of Lesedi, which we didn’t consider to be a viable option for a diamond of Lesedi’s stature,"

bdlive Friday, July 1, 2016 8:04:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "What really frustrated me was that minutes after the auction ended I was surrounded by three or four people saying ‘We really need to talk’. They should have rather put their hand up in the auction, but it does show that there is a lot of interest in buying Lesedi,"

bdlive Friday, July 1, 2016 8:04:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "It might have created a bit of uncertainty, a little bit of volatility, when people start to question whether it is going to have a major impact on the overall financials in maybe three to six months time,"

thediamondloupe Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:35:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “access to as many ultra-high net worth individuals as possible, those people who had bought very expensive items in the past,”

taipeitimes Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:06:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We do not have to sell it, because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over US$150 million to US$160 million in cash; we have no debt,”

taipeitimes Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:06:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

theafricareport Thursday, June 30, 2016 5:28:00 PM EAT

William Lamb maintained : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:48:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “The demand for better-quality larger goods is still very high and we believe that this is because those diamonds will still achieve a margin, when compared to the smaller lower-quality goods,”

miningweekly Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:48:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

bdnews24 Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:26:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

dailytimesPK Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We don't have to sell it because... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,”

iol Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:24:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We don’t have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over US$150 million to US$160 million in cash, we have no debt,”

scmp Thursday, June 30, 2016 5:47:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

reuters Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:23:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,”

680news Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:18:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:51:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "It might have created a bit of uncertainty, a little bit of volatility, when people start to question whether it is going to have a major impact on the overall financials in maybe three to six months time,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:51:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:15:00 AM EAT

William Lamb told : “Nobody has ever done anything like this before,”

ABCnews Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:15:00 PM EAT

William Lamb explique : «Nous avons décidé de vendre Lesedi La Rona aux enchères publiques en espérant trouver un collectionneur qui ne voudra pas la polir, afin qu’elle garde sa spécificité exceptionnelle»

tdg Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:37:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "So why not stick with that strategy?"

cnbc Tuesday, June 28, 2016 6:35:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

nytimes Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:30:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

onlinenigeria Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "So why not stick with that strategy?"

smh Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:43:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

todayonline Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:42:00 AM EAT

William Lamb says : "More important is what the buyer does with it,"

thediamondloupe Friday, May 27, 2016 4:37:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “There was an agreement that it was time that we had something like this in place,”

iol Friday, March 6, 2015 12:40:00 PM EAT

William Lamb told : “The auction room had two types of buyers; wealthy private investors interested in the diamond as a personal asset and traders, or middlemen interested in the diamond to cut and polish it for jewellery,”

mmegi Thursday, April 25, 2019 10:19:00 AM EAT

William Lamb added : “It was our beloved tree and we were very sorry to lose it”

oxfordtimes Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

William Lamb commented : “The company is forecasting to mine robust volumes from the high-value south lobe and continuing waste mining to complete the push back at the Karowe mine to fully access south lobe ore,”

miningweekly Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:46:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “If you look at diamond stocks this year, performance has been very poor,”

miningweekly Monday, October 2, 2017 2:32:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "It does lead down the path of are we going to have a special dividend?" "That's completely down to the discretion of the board"

nzherald Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:57:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

abs-cbnnews Tuesday, September 26, 2017 7:04:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, September 26, 2017 5:41:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

dailytimesPK Tuesday, September 26, 2017 5:05:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company defining event for Lucara,"

naharnet-en Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:54:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "The discovery of the Lesedi La Rona was a company-defining event for Lucara,"

msn-uk Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:37:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "If that doesn't pan out ... within the next six to eight weeks we will most fully look to enter into a partnership," "I think we've got to. It's been almost two years since we recovered the stone and the market is, I think, chomping at the bit, waiting to see what the outcome from that is going to be"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "I think people don't really understand the quantum of money we're looking at,"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at $250 000,"

miningweekly Monday, August 7, 2017 10:25:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at [US]$250,000,"

mining Monday, August 7, 2017 3:30:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "If that doesn't pan out ... within the next six to eight weeks we will most fully look to enter into a partnership," "I think we've got to. It's been almost two years since we recovered the stone and the market is, I think, chomping at the bit, waiting to see what the outcome from that is going to be"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "I think people don't really understand the quantum of money we're looking at,"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "Everybody on the call will most fully would know one or two wealthy people who, on the weekend, could go out and buy a Lamborghini at $250,000,"

reuters Friday, August 4, 2017 11:25:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We have worked with our new mine contractor to improve performance during Q2 and Q3, and our mining department is now achieving our productivity targets,”

mining Friday, August 4, 2017 6:55:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “Our focus on the process plant is to complete the capital projects, further enhancing diamond recovery by the end of Q3 this year,” “This will place the Karowe mine in an even stronger position to maximize value from the recovery and sale of diamonds from the high value south lobe,”

mining Friday, August 4, 2017 6:55:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We look forward to continued success in 2017 with the advancement of our exploration and deep drilling programs and the completion of our capital programmes to enhance diamond recovery from the high value south lobe,”

miningweekly Friday, December 9, 2016 6:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “2016 has been a successful year for Lucara with strong cash flows driven by revenues from the south lobe supported by our continued focus on cost control. Our performance resulted in a special dividend payment in 2016 and we anticipate increasing our 2017 dividend from six Canadian cents per share to 10 cents per share,”

thediamondloupe Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:43:00 PM EAT

William Lamb commented : “These ongoing excellent results demonstrate the sustainability of production and the continued strong demand for Karowe's high-value diamonds,”

miningweekly Friday, November 18, 2016 2:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “These ongoing excellent results demonstrate the sustainability of production and the continued strong demand for Karowe's high value diamonds,”

apanews-en Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:13:00 PM EAT

William Lamb added : “Our focus on advancing our recovery techniques, marketing strategy and the routes to market for the sale of such exceptional diamonds has resulted in the expansion of our premium customer base and is achieving maximum diamond recoveries, prices and shareholder value,”

miningweekly Thursday, October 6, 2016 11:55:00 AM EAT

William Lamb told : “We’re not discounting going back to the auction process in some form in the future,”

thediamondloupe Monday, August 8, 2016 12:31:00 PM EAT

William Lamb maintains : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Friday, July 8, 2016 1:47:00 AM EAT

William Lamb maintains : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Friday, July 8, 2016 1:40:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “So somebody was actually willing to put US$68.3 million on the table for the diamond,”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “I think it’s too difficult to say with a high level of certainty that Brexit was the reason why it didn’t sell,” “There may be certain components which have allowed increased volatility in the global economic market”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “Lucara is not desperate to sell it,” “We have an exceptionally strong balance sheet, we have no debt, so we can actually take it slow. Let’s not react in an irrational way and choose the very first person that makes an offer”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “The optionality which the stone holds as a rough stone is multiple solutions and once you polish it, all of that is gone,”

scmp Tuesday, July 5, 2016 1:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "If you look at the bidding, you could see people were placing a value on the polished outcome of Lesedi, which we didn’t consider to be a viable option for a diamond of Lesedi’s stature,"

bdlive Friday, July 1, 2016 8:04:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "What really frustrated me was that minutes after the auction ended I was surrounded by three or four people saying ‘We really need to talk’. They should have rather put their hand up in the auction, but it does show that there is a lot of interest in buying Lesedi,"

bdlive Friday, July 1, 2016 8:04:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "It might have created a bit of uncertainty, a little bit of volatility, when people start to question whether it is going to have a major impact on the overall financials in maybe three to six months time,"

thediamondloupe Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:35:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “access to as many ultra-high net worth individuals as possible, those people who had bought very expensive items in the past,”

taipeitimes Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:06:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “We do not have to sell it, because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over US$150 million to US$160 million in cash; we have no debt,”

taipeitimes Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:06:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

theafricareport Thursday, June 30, 2016 5:28:00 PM EAT

William Lamb maintained : “Lucara has a strong balance sheet, no debt and good sales from regular goods and is in no financial position requiring the diamond to be sold”

miningweekly Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:48:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “The demand for better-quality larger goods is still very high and we believe that this is because those diamonds will still achieve a margin, when compared to the smaller lower-quality goods,”

miningweekly Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:48:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

bdnews24 Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:26:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

dailytimesPK Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:32:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We don't have to sell it because... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,”

iol Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:24:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We don’t have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over US$150 million to US$160 million in cash, we have no debt,”

scmp Thursday, June 30, 2016 5:47:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We don't have to sell it because ... we have an exceptionally strong balance sheet. We have well over $150 million to $160 million in cash, we have no debt,"

reuters Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:23:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,”

680news Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:18:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:51:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "It might have created a bit of uncertainty, a little bit of volatility, when people start to question whether it is going to have a major impact on the overall financials in maybe three to six months time,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:51:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "We needed to assess whether there was a market where people who spend a hundred million dollars on a Picasso will actually see the value in a rough diamond,"

timescolonist Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:15:00 AM EAT

William Lamb told : “Nobody has ever done anything like this before,”

ABCnews Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:15:00 PM EAT

William Lamb explique : «Nous avons décidé de vendre Lesedi La Rona aux enchères publiques en espérant trouver un collectionneur qui ne voudra pas la polir, afin qu’elle garde sa spécificité exceptionnelle»

tdg Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:37:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : "So why not stick with that strategy?"

cnbc Tuesday, June 28, 2016 6:35:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

nytimes Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:30:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

onlinenigeria Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:20:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : "So why not stick with that strategy?"

smh Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:43:00 AM EAT

William Lamb said : “So why not stick with that strategy?”

todayonline Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:42:00 AM EAT

William Lamb says : "More important is what the buyer does with it,"

thediamondloupe Friday, May 27, 2016 4:37:00 PM EAT

William Lamb said : “There was an agreement that it was time that we had something like this in place,”

iol Friday, March 6, 2015 12:40:00 PM EAT