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Results of AGM

30th Nov 2017 13:54

RNS Number : 0146Y
Botswana Diamonds PLC
30 November 2017
 

 

30th November 2017

 

Botswana Diamonds PLC

("Botswana Diamonds" or the "Company")

 

Results of AGM

 

At the Botswana Diamonds plc ("Botswana Diamonds") Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), which was held in London earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed.

 

Highlights of comments made by James Campbell, Managing Director, following the formal business of the AGM are highlighted below:

 

v In Botswana the Company has two joint ventures.

 

v The Sunland joint venture with Alrosa is now completing a fourth year. Despite significant effort nothing has been found. Botswana Diamond geologists will conduct an agreed work programme for the first half of 2018.

 

v The Maibwe joint venture in which Botswana Diamonds has 15% interest is held up due to the liquidation of BCL who were operator and controlling shareholder if they invested 10 million Pula, which they failed to do. The liquidator expects to complete the liquidation in Spring 2018. We have made an offer to the liquidator which will not be considered until the liquidation is completed in early 2018.

 

v As operations in Botswana have proceeded slowly focus has turned to a number of late stage projects in South Africa.

 

v Results from exploration on the South African projects show promise. Ontevreden has indicated high interest mineral chemistry and will be drilled early next year. Eight kimberlite re-discoveries were made in the Free State and these kimberlites will be prioritised for further work following mineral chemistry assessment which will be done during early 2018.

 

v Field work on a targeted Inferred Resource at Thorny River has been completed with formal reporting planned for early in the New Year. This field work has consisted of extensive drilling (both core and percussion), detailed ground geophysics, microdiamond assessment and a large surface sample which has been taken and is currently being processed. Previously reported historical figures show a grade of 64 carats per hundred tonnes and a value per carat of $200. The next stage in 2018 is to either to trial mine or bulk sample to upgrade the resource to Indicated.

 

 

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries:

 

Botswana Diamonds PLC

John Teeling, Chairman

+353 1 833 2833

James Campbell, Managing Director

+27 83 457 3724

Jim Finn, Director

Northland Capital Partners Limited

David Hignell/Gerry Beaney (Corporate Finance)

+44 (0) 203 861 6625

John Howes (Broking)

Blytheweigh

+44 (0) 207 138 3204

Camilla Horsfall

+44 (0) 781 784 1793

Nick Elwes

+44 (0) 783 185 1855

Teneo PSG

Luke Hogg

+353 (0) 1 661 4055

Alan Tyrrell

+353 (0) 1 661 4055

 

www.botswanadiamonds.co.uk

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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