Debswana looks beyond Cut 8

The Jwaneng Resource Extension Project (JREP) intends to probe the value of diamonds below the current limit of 400 metres and will be the largest resource evaluation programme ever undertaken. The project encompasses and goes beyond the area being tapped into by the Cut 8 initiative, currently underway in Jwaneng.

This week, Debswana officials said state of the art technology and equipment would be used for a drilling programme whose results will determine Jwaneng and the country's diamonds future.  Debswana's Regional Geologist, Martin Roberts said the drilling exercise was already underway and was scheduled to be complete by 2012, involving core samples of about 45 kilometres.