Right granted to mine Marange
Heritage
Concession granted to Vast
Marange
Diamond Fields
Grant
of Heritage Concession
Botswana
Diamonds advised that their partner in the development of the diamond potential
of Zimbabwe, Vast Resources plc have advised that the Chiadzwa Community
Development Trust has in principle been granted the right to mine diamonds in
joint venture on the Heritage Concession at Block T1A of the Marange Diamond
Fields and has appointed Vast as its joint venture partner in the exploration
and mining of diamonds in the area.
In
May 2018 Botswana Diamonds signed a MoU with Vast. In terms of the MoU, the two
companies would be exchanging past exploration information and forming a special
purpose vehicle to jointly develop the diamond potential of Zimbabwe. The
initial focus of this agreement is on the Marange Diamond Fields of eastern
Zimbabwe.
Vast
holds exclusive access to key diamond concessions within the Marange Diamond
Fields Heritage Concession through an agreement with a community organisation. The
Company is aware that the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust is associated
with the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust, the community trust had
named earlier in the Company’s original announcement on the Heritage
Concession.
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