De Beers Canada's Victor diamond mine in Ontario continued to produce diamonds long after the company expected it to. Courtesy of De Beers Canada.

Ontario’s first and only diamond mine, De Beers Canada’s Victor mine located in the Ring of Fire, concluded production on May 26 after the last of its economic ore was processed in the plant. Discovered in 1987, the mine began operations in July 2008 and had a life of ten years and ten months.

More than a decade ago Tom Ormsby moved his family to Timmins, Ontario during the construction of the mine to work as one of its senior managers. So he knew he needed to be on site for the mine’s final week of production.