Botswana Diamonds �the only company� exploring for kimberlites in South Africa

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Diamond mining and exploration company Botswana Diamonds (BOD) “has South Africa to itself” in terms of exploring for new and undiscovered kimberlites, as no other major exploration projects are currently under way, according to MD James Campbell.

To his knowledge, BOD is the sole active explorer for primary kimberlites in the country.

“South Africa has long been seen as the domain of [diamond mining major] De Beers,” says Campbell, pointing out that De Beers has scaled down its exploration over the past couple of decades and entirely ceased all exploration in recent years.

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