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Drilling on Thorny River & Marsfontein Concessions
Drilling on Thorny River & Marsfontein Concessions.
About this update from Botswana Minerals Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6581C Botswana Diamonds PLC 11 February 2020 \n\n11th February 2020\n\n\n\nBotswana Diamonds PLC\n(\"Botswana Diamonds\" or the \"Company\")\n \nDrilling on Thorny River and Marsfontein Concessions\n \n \nBotswana Diamonds (\"BOD\"), the AIM and BSE listed diamond explorer, is pleased to announce that drilling will start this week on targets identified on the Thorny River licence, followed immediately by drilling the high potential M8 dyke on the historic Marsfontein concession. The first phase will include 6 percussion holes on Thorny River and 3 on Marsfontein.\n \nThe targets on Thorny River are potentially new kimberlites, while the drilling on M8 is to assess the size of the proven kimberlite. A second phase of drilling will follow immediately if discoveries are confirmed.\n \nThe Thorny River targets were selected after detailed field work by UK based Subterrane Ltd, a leading firm in new techniques integrating geophysical data and structural geology with data collected from extensive field mapping and Botswana Diamonds' geophysical database. These drill ready targets include buried or obscured kimberlite pipes. The analogue is the iconic Marsfontein diamond mine which was partially obscured by a dolerite dyke.\n \nM8 drilling will establish potential as a high grade \"blow\". Botswana Diamonds believes that M8 has unexplored potential. \n \n \n &nb...