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 | | The deal suggests that northern Saskatchewan could become a major factor in the growing Canadian diamond industry, which is currently the world's third-largest by value behind Botswana and Russia. |
 | | Matt O'Keefe, an industry analyst with Westwind Partners Inc. in Toronto, said that although Newmont is a gold miner, it has had experience in the Canadian diamond industry with a stake in Aber Diamond Corp. (TSX:ABZ). |
 | | Aber, with a stock market value of $2.4 billion, has a 40 per cent stake in the Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, one of Canada's two operating diamond mines along with the Ekati mine, also in the Northwest Territories. |
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