Baken Diamond Mine is located 50 miles to the north-east of Alexander Bay, on the RSA south bank of the Orange River at Beesbank, South Africa.
The Baken mine is operated by Trans Hex and Bateman Engineering.
The central processing plant has been operational at Baken since 2001.
Probable reserves of the mine are estimated at 21.2 million cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 1.69 carats (340 mg) per 100 cubic meters (3.38 mg/m³). There is a waste rock overburden of about 33 million cubic meters.
According to the latest production figures (2008) Baken produced 29 799 carats (39 300 carats) with an average stone size of 1,05 carats per stone (1,16 carats per stone). The average grade realised was 1,40 carats/100 m3 (1,63 carats/100 m3) with grade in the first quarter being 1,20 carats/100 m3 which recovered to 1,58 carats/100 m3 in the second quarter.