For sale: Diamond mine, hardly used

The troubled mine, which has operated in fits and starts under different owners since 2008, will go under the hammer from May 24 at 5pm until May 30 at 2pm. The auction will be conducted online, with interested bidders registering in advance for a piece of an operation which, at one point, was targeting the production of 400,000 carats per tonne.

Going under the hammer later this month will be five kimberlite pipes ranging from 0.16 hectares to 2.35 hectares in area, mining rights, a 200 metric tonnes per hour processing plant, 4.2 megawatt diesel generator and other assets.