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I was auto upgraded a couple weeks ago and it was seamless. Runs just fine.
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HeeHee! Bill and Hillary took separate planes to Africa.
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LUCARA’S THIRD EXCEPTIONAL DIAMOND SALE
BRINGS IN $22.9 MILLION AND ADDITIONAL LARGE STONES RECOVERED FROM KAROWE
November 25, 2013 (TSX-LUC; BOTSWANA-LUC; NASDAQ OMX First North-LUC...Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce excellent results from its third Exceptional Stone Tender. The special tender of Karowe diamonds was completed on November 25, 2013 and consisted of 14 single stone lots. All 14 stones, totaling 1,028 carats were sold for gross revenues of $22.9 million ($20,280 per carat). The highest value stones sold were a 256.6 carat and a 137.9 carat diamond which sold for $4.40 million and $4.28 million respectively. An additional 7 diamonds sold for more than $1.0 million each.
The Company will hold one more regular tender during the fourth quarter, bringing the total volume of diamonds sold in 2013 to over 420,000 carats as forecast.
The Company also announces the continued recovery of beautiful, exceptionally large stones from the Karowe Mine, including a 167 carat diamond and a 122 carat diamond. These rare stones will be sold on tender in 2014.
William Lamb, President and CEO, commented, "The Company has received tremendous demand for its beautiful Karowe diamonds. This success truly demonstrates how robust the market continues to be for large, high quality diamonds. Globally, diamonds above 100 carats are exceedingly rare, yet since March alone, Karowe has produced 16 diamonds greater than 100 carats each.“
Doug is still selling our gold. He is on the black market.
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http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/publicite-uk-c32a47c1b4d6781d06c871039017b5fb.html
LUCARA DIAMOND CORP. THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
NOVEMBER 8, 2013 (LUC – TSX, LUC – BSE, LUC – NASDAQ OMX First North) … Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) today reported quarterly proceeds of $50.9 million at an average sales price of $625 per carat and operating expenses of $110 per carat.
Lucara also announced today that its strong cash flow generation has resulted in the Company fully repaying its $50 million debenture during the fourth quarter.
THIRD QUARTER 2013 HIGHLIGHTS
Safety: There were no Lost Time Injury (“LTI’s”) and no reportable environmental incidents at Karowe during the quarter. Karowe’s year to date Lost Time Injuries Frequency Rate (“LTIFR”) is 0.25. LTIFR is defined as the total number of work hours lost per 200,000 work hours.
Cash flows and cash operating margins: The Company achieved proceeds of $50.9 million ($625 per carat) during the quarter, of which $10.9 million was received in October for its late September tender. At average operating expenses of $110 per carat, the cash operating margin achieved for the quarter was $515 per carat. Sales during the quarter included one tender of over 80,000 carats and the Company’s second exceptional stone tender during the quarter.
Full year to date sales of 328,000 carats have achieved proceeds of $132.7 million, or $404 per carat, which exceeds previous full year 2013 revenue guidance. The Company has achieved a year to date cash operating margin of $308 per carat based on operating expenses of $96 per carat.
Exceptional stone tenders: The Company continued to recover exceptional diamonds, resulting in a second large stone tender during the quarter achieving revenues of $24.7 million ($24,025 per carat). The Company’s two exceptional tenders have contributed $49.3 million ($26,745 per carat) of revenue. Based on the continued recovery of exceptional stones the Company is planning a third exceptional stone sale in late November. The sale is planned to include 14 stones with 4 stones in excess of 100 carats.
Net cash position: Third quarter cash flows have significantly strengthened the Company’s balance sheet with quarter end cash of $33.6 million and a net cash position (total cash and cash equivalents less short and long term debt) of $17.5m. In early October, this cash position was further strengthened following the receipt of $10.9 million of gross proceeds from its late September tender. The outstanding debenture balance at September 30 of $16.6 million was subsequently repaid after the quarter end, fully repaying the $50 million debenture.
Karowe operating performance: Karowe’s mined tonnes and tonnes milled were in line with budget during the quarter. The Company advanced access to deeper sections of the south lobe and currently has three months of exposed ore providing flexibility in terms of process plant feed.
William Lamb, President and Chief Executive Officer commented "Proceeds in excess of $132 million highlight an exceptional nine month performance for Lucara. We have sold over 328,000 carats at an average price exceeding $400 per carat compared to an average operating cost of $96 per carat. A differentiator for Lucara has been the occurrence of large and exceptional stones, with two sales this year generating proceeds of $49.3 million. We are pleased to announce the continuation of our exceptional diamond recoveries with a third sale of these stones expected to be held in the fourth quarter.”
Our significant revenues and strong cash operating margins have resulted in Lucara making a double payment on its debenture during the period and we have subsequently fully repaid the debenture by making the final two debenture payments during the fourth quarter.
The resource continues to outperform management expectations with the continued recovery of significant stones including 243 special stones (greater than 10.8 carats) during the reporting period. These stones include two diamonds larger than 200 carats and a further 3 diamonds larger than 100 carats. Based on information and recoveries to date, Lucara has commissioned an update to the Karowe resource. We expect to release a revised NI 43-101 Technical Report during the first quarter of 2014.
For you Coast to Coast fans it is a four hour Fukushima special tomorrow (Saturday)
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So sad.
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Thanks Don, it comes with my rent but I have still been paying my old service provider out of habit.
Do I need to pay for an ISP when all my Internet is over public WiFi?
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Quite a change from your Spring pics! Congratulations Pal!
I am always here Fade. Just not posting much.
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Obama flew out of town this morning on an unscheduled trip. His assault troops are wearing UN blue uniforms too.
At this moment riot police are attacking veterans in front of the white house. Alex Jones is posting live feeds.
http://www.infowars.com/breaking-riot-police-confront-veterans-as-they-liberate-memorials/
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At this moment riot police are attacking veterans in front of the white house. Alex Jones is posting live feeds.
http://www.infowars.com/breaking-riot-police-confront-veterans-as-they-liberate-memorials/
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Maybe I am special but the boards I follow including this one seem to have reverted to the Thursday pre-change condition. I am pleased!
Maybe on Halloween!
Everybody loves Paulie!
Here is a weird new plant. It has potatoes for roots and tomatoes on the leaves.
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/255186/new-plant-grows-potatoes-and-tomatoes
Thank you Dave,
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So you are continuing a chain letter. That is spam.
It is not cloud but a personal off site storage. You can google it or read a lot on Kim Komandos site. When I bought my last laptop I downloaded my data from them and it was all there and even organized. For the modest yearly fee it is worth it to me but the free trial is what is most worth it if you fear you might lose everything.
That is great luck cintrix! Be sure you back up everything before you shut down again. I always recommend the two week free trial from Carbonite. btw your daughter would not have her problem if her data was stored there. She could access it from any computer. I use it and like it.
When I took mine to the Geek Squad they had spare batteries and power cords for any brand. No use.
You have my sympathy for real. I had the same thing with a recent laptop. It was under warranty from Best Buy and they were willing to send it back to the manufacturer for replacement (2 month wait). Well, I wanted to fiddle some more and just bought a new one. I fiddled until the warranty ran out.
Send it back before the warranty expires.
Hello board, I was an Esperanza shareholder and the Alamos merger was good to their word and cashed me out for a fair price and delivered a bunch of warrants to my brokerage.
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Well, Alamos was good to its word. My ESPZF were converted to cash and deposited into my brokerage. Same thing with my warrents.
I hope the new partnership works out well.
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I am sure you put a lot of thought into your posts Vex. Your esoteric, almost personal, language is so often too hard to de-code, at least for me. You can't teach sheep because you are not speaking their language. I enjoy listening to a scholar expound on Nostrademus but your cryptic post are as difficult.
Welcome to the board TP. Good folks here.
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I gained a lot of free time and reduced my aggravation simply by putting Shermann on ignore.
No Susie, that is a good thought though.
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I appreciate the ideas. Someone will know. I logged into email on FF and that is working normally.
Thanks John but no. Update is supposed to refresh whenever a new mail arrives.
Thanks John, I must have asked my question wrong. Outlook is not updating new email even on the big screen. I am sure the thumbnail will update once I figure out why Update is not refreshing new mail.
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I am puzzled. Using Outlook/Hotmail on IE7 and have for years. I could always leave a thumbnail in the lower toolbar and it would show if I had a new email. Since yesterday Outlook stopped updating my received mail. The mail is still there but I found I must click on sent mail or something then return to inbox to see them. I tried a full re-start, no help. I have never changed any settings and did not find anything in the Outlook tools that seemed to address the problem.
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Yes TOSCA, it is up but very primitive and old info.
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Well I still don't understand it. Will the 85 cents get transferred into my brokerage account or where the hell do they go?
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Everyone knows about the BPA in plastic water bottles. I don't drink water as a beverage normally but was curious if anyone ever heard how many times a plastic water bottle can be re-filled before the BPA has all leached out.
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Yawn, this is just the Shermann board. I resign as mod.
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We will know very soon. Soetero said he would pull the pin on Thursday but now the pundits seem to be saying Friday. Friday may be easier to declare a US bank holiday too. This is freaking endgame and for NOTHING!
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