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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <h3>Discovery and early exploration</h3> <p>In the early 1970s, extensive geological surveys by <a href="/facts/De_Beers/Bwg7NuM2">De Beers</a> Exploration led to the identification of the Jwaneng deposit in February 1973,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> and after 9 years of evaluation and construction it became fully operational in 1982.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> In 2021, around 107 million tonnes of rock were mined.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> In 2023, it produced 13.3 million <a href="/facts/Carat_(mass)/d2jIjtSs">carats</a> of diamonds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h3>Development and construction</h3> <h3>Major expansions</h3> <h3>Timeline of discovery</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Activity</th><th>Geologist(s)</th><th>Discovery</th><th>Note</th><th>Reference</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1962</th><td>Road reconnaissance</td><td>Jim Gibson/Jim Platt</td><td>Barren samples</td><td rowspan="7">n/a</td><td rowspan="17"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>1963</th><td colspan="3" rowspan="6"><i>No activity</i></td></tr><tr><th>1964</th></tr><tr><th>1965</th></tr><tr><th>1966</th></tr><tr><th>1967</th></tr><tr><th>1968</th></tr><tr><th>1969</th><td>Reconnaissance soil sampling</td><td>Mike Whateley/Keith Huxham and others</td><td>First <a href="/facts/Kimberlite/y56KRjuR">kimberlite</a> indicator material recoveries, confirmed by DRL</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th>1970</th><td>Detailed soil sampling</td><td rowspan="2">Mike Whateley/Bruce Lynn</td><td rowspan="2">Progressive kimberlite indicator material spatial distribution results</td><td rowspan="2">n/a</td></tr><tr><th>1971</th><td>Detailed grid loaming</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">1972</th><td>Ground magnetics and gravity/drilling</td><td>Peter Bickerstaff</td><td>2424D/K1</td><td rowspan="7"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Detailed soil sampling/detailed grid loaming/ground magnetics/drilling</td><td rowspan="2">Stuart Vercoe/Norman Lock</td><td rowspan="2">2424D/K2</td></tr><tr><th>1973</th></tr><tr><th>1974</th><td>Detailed grid loaming/ground magnetics/drilling/airborne magnetics</td><td rowspan="4">Stuart Vercoe and others</td><td>2424KD/K3 and 2424KD/K4</td></tr><tr><th>1975</th><td rowspan="3">Detailed grid loaming/ground magnetics/drilling</td><td>2424D/K5 and 2424KD/K6</td></tr><tr><th>1976</th><td>2424D/K7</td></tr><tr><th>1977</th><td>2424D/K8</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="geology">Geology</h2> <p>The Jwaneng Diamond Mine is situated within the <a href="/facts/Orapa/keFEFKvm">Orapa</a> Kimberlite Field.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> In the mine lies the "Jwaneng pipe,"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> a <a href="/facts/Volcanic_crater/7zad4bDT">volcanic crater</a> formed during the <a href="/facts/Permian/CYgLgu5u">Permian</a> period.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> The mine consists of three kimberlite pipes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> Diamond-bearing ores are extracted from the vast pit and transported to processing facilities and manufacturing facilities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="economic-impact">Economic impact</h2> <h3>Employment</h3> <p>The mine employs more than 2,500 people as of 2024.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> A major project aims to extend production at Jwaneng by creating around 4,500 jobs or more a year, and is expected to contribute more than US$25 billion to Botswana’s economy. This project also plans on increasing the mine's depth from 400 meters to 650 meters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h3>Footnotes</h3> <h3>Sources</h3> <ul><li>Gap International (14 April 2022). <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gapinternational/2022/03/16/operation-botswana-how-the-richest-diamond-mine-in-the-world-navigated-covid-19/">"Gap International BrandVoice: Operation Botswana: How The Richest Diamond Mine In The World Navigated Covid-19"</a>. <i>Forbes</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240506212836/https://www.forbes.com/sites/gapinternational/2022/03/16/operation-botswana-how-the-richest-diamond-mine-in-the-world-navigated-covid-19/">Archived</a> from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</li> <li>Guest, Peter (3 December 2015). <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/africa/botswana-diamonds-jwaneng/index.html">"Inside the world's richest diamond mine - CNN.com"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/CNN/kEYsUQqr">CNN</a></i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230330021817/https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/africa/botswana-diamonds-jwaneng/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.</li> <li>Lock, Norman (2019). <a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2225-62532019000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en">"Jwaneng - the untold story of the discovery of the world's richest diamond mine"</a>. <i>Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy</i>. 119 (2): 155. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.17159%2F2411-9717%2F2019%2Fv119n2a8">10.17159/2411-9717/2019/v119n2a8</a>. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2225-6253">2225-6253</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221102122028/http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2225-62532019000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en">Archived</a> from the original on 2 November 2022. 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