Australian miner Pangolin Diamonds has discovered one of the largest kimberlite in Botswana. Pangolin Diamonds on Wednesday announced the discovery of a kimberlite modeled at 270 hectares, discovered from the companys Tsabong North Project located approximately 100 km north of the town of Tsabong in southwestern Botswana. The new finding stems from Pangolins discovery earlier this year of two kimberlites, Magi-01 and Magi-02, at its Tsabong North Project. Detailed logging of the core indicates that the Magi- Kimberlite is of syn-Karoo age. This makes it older than the Cretaceous diamondiferous kimberlites of the Tsabong kimberlite field further to the south, dated at 78 million years, but potentially similar in age to the Jwaneng kimberlites, dated at 245 million years, said the company in a statement. Core samples from all the holes are being submitted to independent laboratories to recover any additional indicator minerals, and any diamonds.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 04:18:38 +0000
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