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BOTSWANA DIAMONDS RNS - CAMEROON RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMME YIELDS EARLY SUCCESSES
08 June 2011
Botswana Diamonds plc
("Botswana Diamonds")
Cameroon Reconnaissance Programme Yields Early Successes
v Reconnaissance exploration programme identifies possible diamond
bearing conglomerate horizon
v Small diamond recovered from stream sample
v Follow-up drilling and trenching/pitting planned
The board of Botswana Diamonds (AIM: BOD) is pleased to announce that
its geologists have identified sequences of sedimentary rock layers in
several localities in the east of its Cameroon diamond licence.
These
layers include a distinct conglomerate horizon, which is geologically
correlated with the paleo-conglomerate that C&K Mining has identified as
being diamondiferous.
The exploration team is in the process of
completing the geological mapping to try and delineate the extent of
this conglomerate horizon.
In addition to the geological mapping, a
number of representative rock specimens were also collected for further
study and analysis.
A small diamond was recovered from a sample taken
from a stream in the area where the conglomerate was identified.
Now that the conglomerate horizon has been identified in the licence
area, a follow-up programme comprising drilling and trenching/pitting
will be implemented.
This programme will be aimed at better defining the
extent of these conglomerates and, more importantly, to determine
whether the conglomerate is diamondiferous.
The latter will entail
processing some of the conglomerate through a suitable plant to recover
any diamonds.
John Teeling, the Chairman of Botswana Diamonds commented:
"This is very exciting for Botswana Diamonds.
Our next step is to prove
that there are diamonds there.
To date the majority of the licence has
not been explored and significant scope remains for discovering more
areas where the paleo-conglomerate layer is preserved."
This release has been approved by Andre Fourie, Hons BSc (Geology), who
is a registered professional geologist with the South African Council
for Natural Scientific Professions.
Mr Fourie is the Technical Director
of Botswana Diamonds and has over 13 years of experience in diamond
exploration and mineral resource management.
Enquiries:
Botswana Diamonds PLC
John Teeling, Chairman +353 1 833 2833
Andre Fourie +27 (83)
463 2455
finnCap - Nominated Adviser & Broker
Matthew Robinson +44 (0) 20
7600 1658
Henrik Persson
College Hill
Nick Elwes +44(0)
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