please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . november 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message type public company traded as aim fdi industry mining headquarters london england uk key people lucio genovese non executive chairman stuart brown chief executive officer products diamonds revenue pound sterling website www.firestonediamonds.com firestone diamonds is an aim listed united kingdom based company operating in lesotho and botswana . liqhobong mine lesotho edit the liqhobong diamond mine liqhobong or the project in lesotho is firestone s principal asset and was acquired as a result of the acquisition of kopane diamond developments plc in september 2010 . liqhobong is located at the head of the liqhobong valley in the maluti mountains of northern lesotho and is operated by liqhobong mining development company proprietary limited lmdc which is 75 % owned by firestone diamonds and 25 % owned by the government of lesotho . bk11 mine botswana edit the bk11 kimberlite mine is located in the orapa kimberlite field in northern botswana . bk11 is located approximately 10 kilometres west and 20 kilometres southeast of de beers letlhakane and orapa mines respectively and is within 5 kilometres of lucara s karowe mine . initial pit design work indicates that approximately 12 mt of kimberlite can be extracted at an average grade of 8 carats per hundred tonnes containing circa 0.9 million carats . phase 1 of the bk11 production plant commenced in august 2010 but was placed on care and maintenance in february 2012 as a result of the plant s inability to successfully liberate diamonds . phase 2 which included secondary and tertiary crushing circuits and connection to the existing electrical power infrastructure remains to be implemented . the board is considering various strategic alternatives for its botswana operation including disposal or potential joint venture options . bk11 has been acquired by tango mining a tsx venture listed junior mining company . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title firestone diamonds & oldid 738798534 categories diamond mining companiesmining companies of south africahidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2010all articles lacking sourcesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlesarticles needing cleanup from november 2007all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from november 2007wikipedia pages needing cleanup from november 2007use british english from july 2014use dmy dates from june 2011pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 03 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view