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Company Spin Out Update

Wednesday 8th July, 2009

During the first half of 2009 Savannah has been busy compiling and reanalysing its 2008 results in preparation of the proposed "spin out" of the company's gold, base metal and uranium interests into Dhahabu Resources and Mwamba Minerals.  This has included the development...

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Savannah's Uranium Potential

Tuesday 23rd June, 2009

Uranium is a metal of increasing interest on the world stage.  It will be a focus for Savannah's two "spin out" companies along with gold and base metals.  Several companies, including Mantra Resources ,are actively and successfully exploring for uranium in Tanzania.  A numbe...

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Diamond Research News

Monday 1st June, 2009

Dr Alex Dak, Savannah's Laboratory and Special Projects Manager, has been hard at work on the detailed chemistry of Kimberlite Indicator Minerals (KIMs) recovered from both Savannah's known and newly-discovered kimberlites.  Alex's findings, based on established work carried out by renowne...

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Meet with Savannah at Indaba, Cape Town

Tuesday 20th January, 2009

Allan Dolan (Chairman), Donald Duncan (CEO) and Anthony Revitt (General Manager) will be attending the Indaba Conference in Cape Town.  Please contact us at info@savannahdiamonds.com if you wish to set a meeting for a Savannah  update.

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Anthony Revitt

Friday 5th September, 2008

Don Duncan is very pleased to announce that as from mid October, Anthony Revitt will be joining Savannah, to add considerable strength to the diamond team as General Manager-Diamond Exploration. A native Briton, Anthony earned an M.Sc. from Imperial College in 1989 and now brings eighteen year...

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Kimberlite Conference

Friday 29th August, 2008

The recent 9th International Kimberlite Conference, an event which takes place only every four or five years (Savannah's director, Barry Hawthorne is a founding member) was held in mid August at the Goethe University in Frankfurt on Main, Germany.  Savannah fielded five attendees amongs...

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Welcome Saitoti Laicer

Wednesday 25th June, 2008

Savannah Exploration Limited is very pleased to welcome Saitoti Laicer, 32, as the first incumbent to the post of Administration Manager.  Saitoti, a citizen of Tanzania, was most recently the Commercial  Manager, Finance and Administration  for Siemens (Tanzania) Limited and bring...

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Non-Executive Director Site Tour

Wednesday 11th June, 2008

Savannah's Non-Executive directors, Barry Hawthorne and Richard Wake Walker, spent the week of May 20th touring Savannah's field operations and regional offices.  They met with management and staff who supplied updates on recent exploration activities and interesting new results.

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Pat Drill Rig Arrives from Nairobi

Friday 4th April, 2008

To accelerate its aggressive drilling programme, Savannah Diamonds has acquired a PAT-Drill 401 trailer-mounted rig. The rig is capable of drilling to depths of approximately 200m, dependent upon geological conditions and can drill in both percussion mode - producing rock chips- and in rotary mod...

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Savannah Begins Processing Loya 1 Diamond Concentrates

Monday 17th March, 2008

Mwanza, Tanzania: Don Duncan, CEO is pleased to announce that the third and final piece of Savannah’s mini bulk sampling facility, the XRay diamond sorting unit, has arrived in Mwanza. 

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