Botswana Diamonds to Prospect Over More Ground at Frischgewaagt
July 20, 17
(IDEX Online) – Botswana Diamonds has been granted a Prospecting License over an additional 1,000 hectares immediately east of and contiguous to Frischgewaagt in South Africa.
Last week the company reported the discovery of 223 microdiamonds from 160 kg of kimberlite drill core at the Frischgewaagt project.
Geophysics studies undertaken by Botswana Diamonds in the area indicate that the kimberlite dyke/pipe system being studied extends into the adjacent property. The combined area of the two properties covers over 2,700 hectares.
Company Chairman John Teeling commented, "Geology does not follow license boundaries. One of the first things you do if you have promising exploration results is to secure adjacent ground. Initial results are encouraging, but we do not yet know where the richest mineralization will be confirmed.
"Work so far strongly indicates that the system containing diamonds extends eastwards, adjacent to our Frischgewaagt property. We believe that the diamond-bearing dyke stretches at least 10 km. We sought and obtained a prospecting license over this promising ground as a matter of urgency. The drilling program starting in weeks will be extended into this area."