Miners have added evidence that the global market for roughs diamonds and jewellery has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Reserves and M&I resources are respectively 11% and 8% lower than in 2020.

The company remains confident in the C$645 million initial capital cost estimate outlined in the 2021 feasibility study.

Biden's comments on Tuesday were the clearest to date about the rubric administration officials deploy when determining whether or not to support a proposed US mining project.

In its latest assessment of 250 mine sites, the Responsible Mining Foundation found that that commitments are commonplace, yet basic actions are rarely evident.

For the year, production came to 418,933 ounces of gold equivalent.