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Diamond Sales

Burgundy Diamond Mines sources diamonds directly from our world-renowned Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Each premium gem-quality diamond is ethically produced and sourced through sustainable practices that meet Canada’s stringent environmental regulations and provide significant social and economic benefits for northern and Indigenous people.  

Through our unique end-to-end business model with total chain of custody, Burgundy is able to ensure undeniable guarantee of provenance and traceability for our rare and beautiful diamonds, whether rough or polished. Rough diamonds are sold through our proprietary auction system in Antwerp, Belgium and through select tenders for larger special diamonds.

Burgundy Diamond Mines owns and operates Australia’s only diamond cutting, polishing, grading and sales centre, located in Perth. We use our own diamond tracking system, providing traceability from Ekati mine through to in-house cutting, polishing and grading by world-leading Burgundy master artisans, eliminating any intermediaries in the process. Burgundy also sells exclusively to jewellers to supply unique fancy gemstones for exquisite high-end jewellery pieces and custom jewellery designs.   

A selection of beautiful and exclusive polished diamonds is available through our sales office in Perth. Each diamond is unique – a gemological marvel formed billions of years ago under extraordinary heat and pressure. Celebrating meaningful moments – emotion, gratitude, attachment, commitment and love – Burgundy diamonds are universally admired, appreciated and desired.  

Interested in purchasing Ekati diamonds?

Premium quality, ethically sourced Canadian diamonds are available through our sales office in Perth, Australia and also through registered CanadaMark ™ diamond retailers. Please fill out the Purchase Inquiry Form if you wish to register to participate in one of our rough diamonds sales auctions in Belgium or inquire about available polished diamonds through our sales office in Perth, Australia. 

PURCHASE INQUIRY

The value of a polished diamond is calculated using four criteria known as the 4Cs.

By Clarity
The clarity or the quality of a stone is determined by how clean the diamond is inside. Very few diamonds can be described as “flawless”. Most stones have inclusions which may be caused by carbon spots called piques, other minerals, bubbles or cracks also called gletz. The positioning of the inclusions within the diamond influences its value, as some inclusions may be polished out during the manufacturing process. Some diamonds may be so heavily included that it's almost impossible to see into them.
By Colour
Diamonds that are saturated with colour can be more valuable and are known as “fancy”. Diamonds can be almost any colour of the spectrum including red, orange, yellow, green, blue or pink. Impurities and different degrees of heat in which the diamonds are formed, determine the colour. The closer a clear diamond is to being colourless the more valuable; as diamonds become more visibly yellow or brown, their value decreases.
By Cut
While diamonds can be cut into several shapes such as round, heart, oval, marquise, or pear, “diamond cut” refers to how well a diamond’s facets reflects and refracts light. Precise workmanship is required to fashion a stone, so its proportions, symmetry and polish deliver the optimal beauty and value of the stone. A diamond’s cut is the most complex and technically difficult to analyze of all the diamond 4Cs.
By Carat Weight
Originally the carat was the weight and size of a carob seed which ancient lapidaries used to balance their scales, as the seeds in a carob pod are very uniform. This weight was standardized to the metric system with 1 carat = 200 milligrams or 0.2 grams. A carat is further divided into points, with 100 points to a carat. Generally, rough and polished diamonds are weighted to two decimal places.
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By Clarity
The clarity or the quality of a stone is determined by how clean the diamond is inside. Very few diamonds can be described as “flawless”. Most stones have inclusions which may be caused by carbon spots called piques, other minerals, bubbles or cracks also called gletz. The positioning of the inclusions within the diamond influences its value, as some inclusions may be polished out during the manufacturing process. Some diamonds may be so heavily included that it's almost impossible to see into them.
By Colour
Diamonds that are saturated with colour can be more valuable and are known as “fancy”. Diamonds can be almost any colour of the spectrum including red, orange, yellow, green, blue or pink. Impurities and different degrees of heat in which the diamonds are formed, determine the colour. The closer a clear diamond is to being colourless the more valuable; as diamonds become more visibly yellow or brown, their value decreases.
By Cut
While diamonds can be cut into several shapes such as round, heart, oval, marquise, or pear, “diamond cut” refers to how well a diamond’s facets reflects and refracts light. Precise workmanship is required to fashion a stone, so its proportions, symmetry and polish deliver the optimal beauty and value of the stone. A diamond’s cut is the most complex and technically difficult to analyze of all the diamond 4Cs.
By Carat Weight
Originally the carat was the weight and size of a carob seed which ancient lapidaries used to balance their scales, as the seeds in a carob pod are very uniform. This weight was standardized to the metric system with 1 carat = 200 milligrams or 0.2 grams. A carat is further divided into points, with 100 points to a carat. Generally, rough and polished diamonds are weighted to two decimal places.
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CanadaMark™

The CanadaMark™ hallmark program provides customers with the assurance of the integrity of the supply chain of Canadian diamonds from mine to retail. The program gives the end consumers of diamond jewellery confidence in the origin and history of their polished diamonds. 

Every CanadaMark™ diamond carries a promise of purity, responsibility and authenticity. We put our mark on each diamond to give you confidence in its origin and history. All CanadaMark™ certified diamonds are natural and untreated, polished to meet specific quality standards, responsibly mined in Canada’s Northwest Territories, with respect for the sustainability of the natural environment and Northern people, and tracked through independent, audited processes at every stage from the mine of origin to the polished stone. 

For more information on the CanadaMark hallmark program including retailer locations, please visit www.canadamark.com.

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CanadaMark™ Approved Manufacturers

Our diamond market experts sell rough diamonds directly to manufacturers, who cut and polish diamonds, tailoring parcels to the customers’ needs. This minimizes the variation of stones in each parcel and generates a premium for Burgundy over prices charged by suppliers offering more variable parcels. 

Trey Jackson

Trey Jackson

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Jackson was appointed as a Non-executive Independent Director of Burgundy Diamond Mines in January 2024. Mr. Jackson has served on the boards of both private and public companies, including Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, Burgundy’s subsidiary.

Mr. Jackson has more than 25 years of experience in the metals & mining and energy sectors as a private equity investor and executive in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, including numerous board appointments to private and public companies. 

Mr. Jackson was an executive with The Cline Group from 2011 to 2019 as part of the team that built Foresight Energy from a greenfield development into a public company. While at The Cline Group, Mr. Jackson was the Chief Commercial Officer during the period the company developed the Coalspur and Donkin mines in Canada. He also led the acquisition, expansion, and divestment of Cline’s subsidiary Convent Marine Terminals and served as company president during his tenure there. 

Currently, Mr. Jackson serves as a co-founder of PBE Mining, a mining technology company with global patents and operations in Australia, and Tetra Resources, an Australian mining operator. With his experience serving on boards, including a prior director role for a NYSE listed company, he brings a depth of experience and knowledge. 

Anshul Gandhi

Anshul Gandhi

Non-Executive Director

Anshul Gandhi brings extensive experience in the diamond industry to Burgundy Diamond Mines. Raised in Antwerp, Belgium, Anshul has been in and around the diamond industry from a young age. He kickstarted his journey in diamonds by obtaining a Graduate Gemologist degree from the Gemological Institute of America in New York.

Anshul joined the Choron Group in 2010 to helm the rough diamond division. Over the years, Anshul was instrumental in launching the division responsible for manufacturing exceptional rough diamonds as well as managing global polished diamond operations. In his role as CEO since 2023, Anshul oversees major strategic business decisions and leads key corporate functions.

With his wealth of experience as a seasoned diamantaire, Anshul further strengthens the Burgundy Diamond Mines Board of Directors.

Jeremy King

Jeremy King

Non-Executive Director

Mr. King was appointed as Non-executive Independent Director of Burgundy Diamond Mines in April 2024. In addition to serving on the Burgundy Diamond Mines board, Mr. King serves on boards of four additional companies listed on the Australia Stock Exchange (ASX), and regularly advises ASX listed companies on a range of corporate matters.

Mr. King has over 25 years experience in domestic and international legal, finance and corporate matters, including cross-border private equity investments, leveraged buy-out acquisitions, and acting for banks, financial institutions and corporate issuers in respect of debt and equity capital raisings.   

In recent years, Mr. King’s focus has been on the natural resources industry where he has gained significant experience both within Australia and internationally.

Mr. King is the founding director of a boutique advisory service in Perth, Australia that supports companies with corporate transactions and compliance issues associated with ASX-listed companies.

Marc Dorion

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Dorion is a partner in the Business Law Group of prominent Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault, based in Montreal, where he supervises the natural resources group in Québec.

He received his LLL from the Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada then did post graduate studies in corporate taxation at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. His practice focuses on development, financing, construction and operation of major projects in the natural resources, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. He received the titles of Advocate Emeritus from the Quebec Bar and also of Queen’s Counsel. 

Michael O'Keeffe

Non-Executive Chair

Mr. O’Keeffe is well known within the resources industry world-wide. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Champion Iron Limited (ASX: CIA), an iron ore mining company with operations located in Canada and previously was the Executive Chairman of Riversdale Mining Limited, a coal exploration and development company with projects in the United States and Canada prior to that Company being acquired by Rio Tinto plc in April 2011. 

Mr O’Keeffe was also the Managing Director of Glencore Australia Limited from 1995 to 2004, a company involved in a range of commodities with projects located across Australia. Mr O’Keeffe brings a wealth of experience to Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited as it pursues a new direction within the resources sector. 

Kim Truter

Kim Truter​

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Mr. Truter was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Canada from 2015 to 2019. During his tenure he led the successful completion and ramp-up to full production of the $1bn Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada, as well as the value-adding acquisition of the former Peregrine Diamonds assets. He was also a member of the De Beers Group executive team, driving global business performance across operations, sales, and marketing.

Previously, Mr. Truter served as Chief Operating Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds, managing their global portfolio in Australia, Canada and Zimbabwe. He also served as Managing Director of Argyle Diamond Mines Pty Limited in Australia and as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Diavik Diamond Mines Inc in Canada.

Mr. Truter brings over 30 years of mining experience in both surface and underground operations and large-scale project development across multiple geographies. He has substantial diamond experience, providing executive global leadership in Canada, Australia and Africa; often in complex, remote and challenging operating environments. He has worked extensively with communities and governments to ensure that local benefits are sustainably established. His proven leadership capabilities include a very strong dedication to safety, productivity and financial performance improvement.