Firestone Diamonds To Commission New Plant

Speaking at the Botswana Resource Sector Conference at the GICC last Wednesday, the company's Chief Geologist, Polite Khutjwe, said it was putting all its resources behind its BK11 diamond project in order to begin production on schedule in June next year.

He said Firestone is also ready to move one of the plants from a previous project in South Africa to Botswana. The plant, which has a production capacity of 1.5 metric tonnes per annum, has operating costs of $6.50 per tonne.