Disposal of BK11 Mine hits snag

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

The disposal of BK11 Mine in Orapa by Firestone Diamonds to Canadian company, Tango Mining has hit a snag after the buyer failed to pay the agreed deposit.

It emerged this week that Tango Mining Limited has told Firestone Diamonds that it was unable to pay $0.3 million (P3 million) into an escrow account as a deposit for the company’s assets.

The deposit was the fulfillment of the first part of the conditional sales agreement between the two companies announced in July.

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