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BHPB drills for diamonds at Tawana's Daniel

BHP Billiton is maintaining its interest in the Daniel kimberlite project in South Africa, with operator Tawana Resources beginning drilling of around 20 targets identified with the Falcon technology.

Michael Quinn
BHPB drills for diamonds at Tawana's Daniel

BHPB holds a 51.8% stake in the project and Tawana 22.2%, while South African black empowerment company Seven Falls has 26% – and is free carried into production. Tawana managing director Wolf Marx told...

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