Absolutely! Our neighbors to the North officially entered the world diamond arena and became a market force in 2002 with annual production currently exceeding 9 million carats per annum.

The two most significant diamond mines operating in Canada at this time are the Diavik Diamond Mine and the Ekati Diamond Mine. The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories of Canada which is operated in part by the Rio Tinto Mining Group and by Aber Diamond Mines Ltd. The Ekati Diamond Mine which is also located in the Yellowknife region of the Northwest Territories of Canada and is owned and operated in part by the BHP Billiton Mining Group and geologists Charles E. Fipke and Dr. Stewart E. Blusson (10% each).

Canada is also home to numerous other diamond mining projects including those operated by De Beers, Shore Gold, Tahera, Stornoway (Ashton and Contact), Dianor, Vaaldiam, Southern Era and more than a dozen smaller companies.

There are several diamond cutting companies that purchase diamond rough from the Rio Tinto and Aber diamond distribution pipe line, just as there are several companies that purchase diamond rough from the DeBeers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) and then sell their production to a multitude of diamond dealers like ourselves. The majority of diamond cutting companies that source their diamond rough from Canada export the diamonds to manufacturing facilities in Israel, Belgium or China.