Tsodilo to treat BK16 samples to recover diamonds, assess economic viability

Following a completed drilling and bulk sampling programme at TSX-listed Tsodilo Resources’ 100%-owned BK16 kimberlite project, in Botswana’s Orapa kimberlite field (OKF), the company will treat the samples to recover diamonds and determine the grade, quality and size distribution of the diamonds, says company president and COO Mike de Wit. “This is also to determine whether the pipe will be a large producer of diamonds,” De Wit told Mining Weekly Online on the sidelines of the Geological Society of South Africa’s Exploration Showcase, held in Johannesburg on Thursday.