Hello rdww
"Quality of the stones" is certainly a factor and by that I presume you mean colour, clarity and crystal form, however average carat size, availability of cheap power and trained/motivated labor should also be very much in your equation.
I believe it will be safe to assume that if DB's partners with GEM through to mine development, DB's, not GEM will be the operator, and just as predictably, nothing, absolutely nothing GEM has to say or scream is going to make the slightest difference to DB's regarding the speed of the process.
DB's is now in the cat bird's seat, just as they are at Kennedy Lake and Fort a La Corne, and they will or will not advance the Wawa project according to their own strategic needs, time table and economic modeling exercises.
Don't look for major advances over the short term, that has not been DB's MO.
Good luck.
Regards
Vaughn |
