Rio Tinto's final Beyond Rare™ Tender secures its place in the history of rare diamonds

Rio Tinto's third and final Beyond Rare™ Tender: The Art Series, has delivered a strong result, 40 years after the commissioning of the iconic Argyle Diamond Mine in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, and 22 years since commercial operations began at the Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

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Titled Into the Light, the results of the Art Series 03 reflect strong global participation with individual, multiple and global bids from jewellers, collectors and diamond connoisseurs. The winning bidders, from Europe, the United States, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the Middle East, are representative of the strong ongoing demand for incomparable diamonds across major consumer markets.

The final collection of 52 lots, weighing 45.44 carats, is headlined by six 'Masterpieces' - diamond sets carefully selected to showcase the pinnacle of production from the Argyle and Diavik mines - together with 39 single diamonds and an additional seven matched sets of diamonds. The Argyle pink, red and violet diamonds have been curated from the final legacy inventory, representing some of the last of their kind in the world.