The company, which operates three mines in South Africa and one in Tanzania, sold 11% fewer diamonds in the year ended June 30.

Diamonds larger than 100 carats recovered at the mine in Lesotho contribute between 70% and 80% of the company's revenue every year.

The exploration program focuses on the recently discovered high-grade geophysical area of the diamond project.

South Africa’s second-richest man won a court order to temporarily halt mineral exploration on his private family ranch in Zimbabwe.

Country said attempts to question its compliance with the international diamond certification scheme were "totally unfounded" and "far-fetched".

Ukraine has accused the Russian military of executing residents of Bucha, a town outside the capital Kyiv that Russian troops had occupied for several weeks.