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De Beers quits search for diamonds in Saskatchewan 

Andrew Topf | January 01, 2017 | 4:19 pm Canada Diamond 

The Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan is best known for its substantial uranium deposits, but De Beers hoped to discover diamonds there too. On Dec. 23 however the world's largest diamond miner put paid to that idea after discovering that...

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