Lesotho: Diamond Prospectors Shut Down Operations

HOPES for the establishment of a diamond mine in Quthing have been shuttered after the prospecting company discovered that the deposits in the area are do not warrant for viable commercial mining.

Mohokare Mining Company obtained a two-year license in 2015 to prospect along the banks of the Senqu River. Last September the company secured a one-year extension that expires next month.

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