https://www.miningweekly.com

Botswana Diamonds intersects kimberlite at Marsfontein

24th February 2020

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Senior Contributing Editor Online

     

Font size: - +

Dual-listed Botswana Diamonds on Monday announced that kimberlite, identified by visual inspection, had been intersected at shallow depth in two out of three holes drilled at the Marsfontein project in Limpopo, South Africa.

The company has been undertaking a percussion drilling campaign on Thorny River and the contiguous Marsfontein project.

This kimberlite is believed to be associated with the high-grade Marsfontein M1 pipe.

Further exploration work is planned.

Meanwhile, two holes drilled at Thorny River showed geological structures consistent with kimberlite emplacement.

More detailed ground mapping and geophysics will better define targets for further drilling.

Environmental authorisations have also been granted over the remainder of the farm Marsfontein and over the farm Meinhardskraal.

These areas include the M8 kimberlite fissure complex, which is an extension of the Marsfontein M1 kimberlite pipe.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

The content you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.

If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.

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?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION