Canadian firm recovers diamonds in Tsabong

Friday, May 23, 2014

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Diamond explorer Pangolin Diamonds on Tuesday said that it had recovered diamonds from the Magi kimberlitic sandy tuff at its Tsabong North project, in south-west Botswana.

The Toronto-based explorer said that the drill hole samples from Magi005 had returned three micro-diamonds from two consecutive samples, located about 45 m to 49 m below the surface.

The micro-diamonds have a total carat weight of 0.000108 ct, with one diamond retained on the 0.150 mm sieve, Pangolin said.

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