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Diamonds recovered from River Kimberlite Extension
Diamonds recovered from River Kimberlite Extension.
About this update from Botswana Minerals Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 0711I\n Botswana Diamonds PLC\n 10 August 2021\n \n \n \n \n 10th August 2021\n \n \n \n \n Botswana Diamonds PLC\n \n \n (\"Botswana Diamonds\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Diamonds recovered from the River Kimberlite Extension at Thorny River\n \n \n \n \n \n Botswana Diamonds, the AIM and BSE listed diamond explorer, is pleased to announce that four high-quality diamonds and abundant kimberlitic indicators were recovered from drill samples at the recently discovered River Kimberlite Extension at Thorny River in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.\n \n \n \n \n \n Highlights\n \n \n \n \n \n - \n \n Four diamonds of good colour and clarity\n \n \n \n - \n \n Abundant diamond indicators including G10, G9 and eclogitic garnets\n \n \n \n - \n \n The River Extension blow is contiguous with the diamondiferous River blow\n \n \n \n - \n \n New drilling programme to begin by end August\n \n \n \n \n \n \n As previously announced in May earlier this year, a total of 71 metres of kimberlite was intersected in 12 percussion holes in the newly discovered River kimberlite extension in May 2021, with an additional 19 metres of kimberlitic breccia. The widest kimberlite down-the-hole intersection was 18 metres. The drilling programme outlined a significant swell on the kimberlite dyke with a minimum strike length of 75 metres. The River Extension blow is contiguous with the diamondiferous River Blow which was discovered by the company in November 2020. \n \n \n \n \n \n Samples from these holes were taken at one metre intervals and twelve of these totalling about 320kg were selected and submitted to an independent processing facility for assessment through screening, dense media separation and hand sorting. Four diamonds of good colour, clarity and of commercial quality were recovered along with extensive diamond indicators minerals.\n \n \n \n \n \n A further percussion drilling programme to assess the area between the River and River Extension will begin within a month.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Teeling, Chairman, commented: \"The recovery of high-quality diamonds and so many diamond indicators is very rare. The diamonds are of good quality. It is unusual to recover diamonds from a small sample of narrow rever...