After closing a C$50 million alternative diamond sale deal in June with Dunebridge Worldwide, company is proposing to double the value of the sales agreement to C$100 million.

Production is expected to start in the Q4 2020.

Beginning in October, the luxury retailer will provide expanded origin details for newly sourced, individually registered diamonds.

South African firm Nungu Diamonds said its custom-made jewellery sales have grown 60% since country imposed a strict lockdown.

Company has begun to receive results from bulk-sampling program at the Star-Orion South project in central Saskatchewan.