UK Mining Ventures (UKMV) is the mineral discovery sister company of Crystal Classics. Formed in 2017, the company has been involved in several mining projects. Past projects have included the famous Heliodor and Topaz locality Volodarsk-Volynskii in Ukraine, the Rocklands Copper mine near Cloncurry in Queensland, Australia and the Lady Annabella mine in Weardale, England, operated from 2020 to 2023.

Ongoing projects are currently concentrated throughout the Weardale valley in County Durham, UK; the Rogerley and Diana Maria mines being the only active professional specimen-producing Fluorite mines in Europe.

At present (October 2024), 34 pockets have been discovered and named at the Diana Maria Mine, the most recent being the Timber Pocket. All pocket names are carefully chosen to embrace their characteristics or capture a story relevant to their discovery.

The adventure continues and we have already glimpsed a few of the treasures destined for release in 2025.

UK Mining Ventures continues to pursue new localities in and outside the UK for new and exciting finds in the mineral world.