UPDATE: Legal Action Against Botswana Ministry of Minerals & Energy
TSODILO RESOURCES LIMITED
UPDATE: Legal Action Against Botswana Ministry of Minerals & Energy
April 25, 2023 Trading Symbol: TSXV: TSD #04252023
TORONTO, ONTARIO - Tsodilo Resources Limited ("Tsodilo" or the "Company") (TSX-
V: TSD) (OTCQB: TSDRF) (FSE: TZO) wishes to provide a corporate update with respect to
its legal action Botswana Ministry of Minerals & Energy (MME).
Oral Argument was held in the High Court in Maun, Botswana on April 18, 2023, with respect
to the Ministry of Minerals and Energy's (MME) decision to not renew Pros pecting License
PL020/2018 held by the Company’s Botswana subsidiary, Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited.
The litigation landing page has been updated with the parties' documents filed with the court.
The judge has indicated that a written judgement is to be expected on August 1, 2023.
Since the filing of the complaint against MME on October 31, 2022 (see, Tsodilo Resources
Ltd. - News Releases), there has been an overwhelming request for proceeding filings and
related documentation pertinent to the matter. To be fully transparent and meet the volume of
requests, the Company has established landing page(s) regularly updated to include all records
related to th e litigation. See, Botswana Litigation for litigation documents and Tsodilo
Resources Ltd. - MMGE for related documents.
XAUDUM IRON FORMATION (XIF)
About the XIF Project
• The project is located in the North -West District of Botswana and is proximate to the
Namibian border and lies twenty-two (22) miles from the town of Divundu in Namibia.
The Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor (previously known as the
Trans-Caprivi) line linking Zambia and Namibia is planned to pass through Divundu ,
providing access to Walvis Bay, Namibia’s deep -sea port. The project is also located
within forty-three (43) miles of the proposed Mucusso line to Angola’s Namibe Port.
• Preliminary work on the Xaudum Iron project has defined a CIM compliant Inferred
Mineral Resource Estimate of 441 million tonnes (Mt) with an average grade of 29.4%
Fe, 41.0% SiO2, 6.1% Al2O3 and 0.3% P for the Block 1 magnetite XIF.
• Block 1 is a fraction of the potential XIF magnetit e resource. An extrapolated
exploration target has defined the XIF to be in the order of 5 to 7 billion tonnes at 15 -
40% Fe. This exploration target was generated by inversion modelling of ground
magnetic geophysical data which was compared and moderated to volumes from
drilling data within Block 1 and its potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature.
To date, there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource other than
in Block 1 and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being
delineated as a mineral resource. See , Press Release of 6/02/2014 on the Company’s
website for further details.
• Metallurgical magnetic separation results (Davis Tube Recovery) show that an average
concentrate of 67.2% Fe, 4.2% S iO2, 0.5% Al2O3, 0.07% P is obtained at P80 grind
size of 80 microns, although higher grades are possible at finer P80’s. See , Press
Release of 12/17/2013 on the Company’s website.
• Further exploration will be focused on Block 2a where the Company expects an
increase in the resource.
An informational presentation of the project outlining more information can be found on the
Company’s website at https://tsodiloresources.com/i/pdf/Tsodilo-Iron-Project-
Overview_May-2021_Website.pdf
More technical information can be found in a report prepared by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd.
for Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Ltd. titled “Mineral Resource Estimate for the Xaudum Iron
Project (Block 1), Republic of Botswana” with an effective date of August 29, 2014 and filed
on SEDAR under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
About Tsodilo Resources Limited
Tsodilo Resources Limited is an international diamond and metals exploration company
engaged in the search for economic diamond, metal deposits and industrial stone at its Bosoto
(Pty) Limited ("Bosoto"), Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited ("Gcwihaba") and Newdico (Pty)
Ltd. ("Newdico) projects in Botswana. The Company has a 100% stake in Bosoto (Pty) Ltd.
which holds the BK16 kimberlite project in the Orapa Kimberlite Field (OKF) in Botswana
and the PL216/2017 diamond prospection license also in the OKF. The Company has a 100%
stake in its Gcwihaba project area consisting of five metal (base, precious, platinum group, and
rare earth) prospecting licenses all located in the North -West district of Botswana. The
Company has a 100% interest in its Newdico industrial stone project located in Botswana’s
Central District. Tsodilo manages the exploration of the Newdico, Gcwi haba, and Bosoto
projects. Overall supervision of the Company's exploration program is the responsibility of
McDonald Kahari (Pr. Sci. Nat.) a "qualified person" as such term is defined in National
Instrument 43-101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
James M. Bruchs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer [email protected]
Telephone +1 416 800 2124 Facsimile + 1 416 987 4369
Website www.TsodiloResources.com
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