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BHPB to decide on Tawana joint venture next month

BHP Billiton will decide by the end of April whether it will remain in the Daniel alluvial diamond project in South Africa with 40% partner Tawana Resources following completion of a drilling and 518 tonne bulk sampling program that recovered 13 diamonds weighing a total of just under one carat.

Michael Quinn
BHPB to decide on Tawana joint venture next month

The reconnaissance sampling program recovered diamonds from all over the 13km long by 2km wide Daniel paleochannel that is interpreted to have drained from the adjacent Finsch diamond operation that De...

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