Botswana Diamonds completes initial Orapa fieldwork
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds and its joint venture (JV) partner, Russian diamond major, Alrosa, have completed the initial planned fieldworks for their 2.9 km2 PL117 licence area in Orapa, Botswana.
Analysis of the rapid and intensive work programme, which included magnetic, electromagnetic and geochemical surveys, would provide the JV clear drill targets.
“We have done the initial ground work with our Russian partners; the samples are on their way to Russia and applying Alrosa’s in-house analytical capabilities we shall hopefully locate the new drill targets, which we shall drill in short order,” Botswana Diamonds chairperson John Teeling said in a statement in Wednesday.
The geochemical samples were being shipped to the Alrosa laboratory in St Petersburg, Russia, for mineralogical analysis.
Simultaneously, Botswana Diamonds was undertaking the interpretation and modelling of the geophysical fieldwork.
Further, the Aim-listed company was awaiting the formal awarding of the new prospecting licences from the Department of Mines in Botswana.
“These areas, which have been identified as top-priority targets by the JV, will also be worked under a continued, joint work programme,” Teeling concluded.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation