Botswana Diamonds rallies as it begins work on Orapa project

11th Sep 2015 09:36

(ShareCast News) - Botswana Diamonds and its joint venture partner Alrosa have started working on the Orapa project in Botswana.The company said drilling will commence imminently on licence PL 210 and will be completed by the end of September.Following this, the team will move to its licences in the Gope region, Botswana said.Chairman John Teeling said: "Drilling anomaly AN 210-1 in the next few weeks will show us if there is a kimberlite on PL210. Visual results from the drilling will be forthcoming in October. On top of this we expect new drill targets to be identified on our other ground, both in Orapa and Gope."At 1105 BST, shares in Botswana Diamonds were up 7.3% at 0.89p.