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DTC Botswana names board members

September 05, 2007

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Gaborone, Botswana—The Government of the Republic of Botswana and the De Beers Group, shareholders of the Diamond Trading Co. (DTC) Botswana, have announced new members of the DTC Botswana board, and have named Varda Shine as chairman.

Once operational, DTC Botswana will be the largest and most sophisticated rough-diamond sorting and valuing operation in the world, De Beers said in a media release issued on Tuesday, with stones processed there valuing in excess of 36 million carats per year.

The government's nominees are Linah Mohohlo, governor of the Bank of Botswana; Dr. Athalia Molokomme, attorney general of the Republic of Botswana; Kago Moshashane, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources; Kelapile Ndobano, deputy permanent secretary for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning; and Jacob Thamage, director of mines of the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources.

The De Beers nominees are Varda Shine, managing director of the DTC; Sheila Khama, chief executive officer of De Beers Botswana; Mike Page, DTC executive director of finance; Paul Rowley, executive director of the rough-diamond division of the DTC; and Ellen Lamparter, DTC executive director of human resources.

As provided for in the Jwaneng Lease Agreement, the chairmanship of DTC Botswana, will be held by De Beers for two years, with Varda Shine currently at the helm, and then will revert to the Government of Botswana in exchange for the chairmanship of Debswana.
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