Diamond market 'verification' gathers pace

The company, which will be selling 10 percent of the Debswana run on mine production directly to the market, is expected to be operated with the assistance of a technical partner and reports are that ,more than ten international companies have already expressed interest to partner with government.

The 10 percent "verification window" is part of the ten year diamond market and sales agreement government recently signed with De Beers, which will see the decades old tradition of selling all of Botswana diamonds through the Diamond Trading company falling aside.