GABORONE (miningweekly.com) – Russian diamond exploration technology offers a huge plus and its use in Botswana could lead to the discovery of large new mines, says Botswana Diamonds executive chairperson John Teeling.

The head of the London Aim- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed exploration junior, who addressed the Botswana Resource Sector Conference, tells Mining Weekly Online that the technology has enabled the Russian diamond company Alrosa to discover 17 hard-rock diamond mines in Siberia, which equals the number of diamond mines in the world.