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Hugo Dummett
Diamond Award
Excellence in Diamond
Exploration and Development
Recipients: Rod Davey,
Stephen Prest and
Robert Gannicott
Rod Davey, Stephen Prest and
Robert Gannicott were the recipients
of the 2013 Hugo Dummett Diamond
Award, which honours those who have
made a significant contribution to dia-
mond exploration, discovery or mine
development. They are being acknow-
ledged for the key roles they played
in the successful development of the
Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest
Territories, this country's largest produ-
cer of diamonds. Since the inception of
the Hugo Dummett Diamond Award
in 2004, all of the recipients have been
recognized for their accomplishments in
either diamond exploration or diamond
geology; this is the first team to be rec-
ognized for excellence in diamond mine
development.
Technical challenges abound in the
North, and building world-class mines
in this higher-cost environment takes
courage and faith. Building the Diavik
mine was not an inconsequential invest-
ment at the time, costing $1.3 billion to
achieve initial production. That invest-
ment has expanded since then through
t he const r uct ion of an addit ional
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