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| | inappropriately spaced to confirm | | | geological and/or grade continuity | | | but are spaced closely enough for | | | continuity to be assumed | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Inferred Resource | the part of a mineral resource for | | | which tonnage, grade and mineral | | | content can be estimated with a low | | | level of confidence. It is inferred | | | from geological and/or grade | | | continuity. It is based on | | | information gathered through | | | appropriate techniques from locations | | | such as outcrops, trenches, pits, | | | workings and drill holes which may be | | | limited or of uncertain quality and | | | reliability | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Jwaneng Mine | the Jwaneng Mine in Botswana, which | | | is owned and operated by Debswana | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Jwaneng Tailings | the tailings treatment project | | Project | proposed to be operated by the | | | Firestone Group at Debswana's Jwaneng | | | mine | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane | Kopane Diamond Developments plc, | | | registered in England and Wales with | | | registered number 4108629 | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Board | the board of directors of Kopane | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Directors | the directors of Kopane at the date | | | of this Announcement and "Kopane | | | Director" means any one of them | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Fully | has the meaning set out in Appendix | | Diluted Share | II | | Capital | | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane GM or | the general meeting of Kopane | | Kopane General | convened for the purpose of passing | | Meeting | the Kopane Resolution, including any | | | adjournment thereof | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Group | Kopane and its Group | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Resolution | the resolution to be proposed at the | | | Kopane GM for the purposes of | | | approving the Reduction of Capital, | | | re-registering Kopane as a private | | | limited company and certain | | | amendments to the articles of | | | association of Kopane, together with | | | such other matters as may be agreed | | | between Kopane and Firestone as | | | necessary or desirable for the | | | purposes of implementing the | | | Acquisition | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Shareholder | a holder of Kopane Shares | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Share | the Kopane plc Share Option Scheme | | Option Scheme | 2000 | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Options | 8,276,981options over Kopane Shares | | | granted pursuant to the Kopane Share | | | Option Scheme ; | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Shares | ordinary shares of one pence each in | | | the capital of Kopane | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Kopane Warrants | the warrants to subscribe for | | | 1,500,000 Kopane Shares with an | | | exercise price of 25 pence per Kopane | | | Share held by finnCap | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Lanstead | Lanstead Capital LP | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | LEC | Lesotho Electricity Company | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Liqhobong or | the Kopane Group's project at | | Liqhobong Project | Liqhobong, Lesotho operated by LMDC | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | LMDC | Liqhobong Mining Development Company | | | (Proprietary) Limited | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | London Stock | London Stock Exchange plc or its | | Exchange or LSE | successor | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Main Pipe | the Kimberlite pipe within the Kopane | | | Group's licence at Liqhobong | | | amounting to approximately 8.5 | | | hectares | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Mantle | Mantle Diamonds Limited | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Meetings | the Court Meeting, the Kopane GM and | | | the Firestone GM | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Mineral Resource | a concentration of material of | | | economic interest in or on the | | | Earth's crust in such form, quality | | | and quantity that there are | | | reasonable and realistic prospects | | | for eventual economic extraction. The | | | location, quantity, grade, continuity | | | and other geological characteristics | | | of a Mineral Resource are known, | | | estimated from specific geological | | | evidence and knowledge, or | | | interpreted from a well constrained | | | and portrayed geological model. | | | Mineral Resources are subdivided, in | | | order of increasing confidence in | | | respect of geoscientific evidence, | | | into Inferred, Indicated and Measured | | | Resource categories. A deposit is a | | | concentration of material of possible | | | economic interest in, on or near the | | | Earth's crust. Portions of a deposit | | | that do not have reasonable and | | | realistic prospects for eventual | | | economic extraction must not be | | | included in a Mineral Resource; | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Modular Tailings | the processing plant proposed to be | | Treatment Plant or | used by Firestone to process tailings | | MTTP | resources at the Jwaneng Mine | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Mt | million tonnes | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Mtpa | million tonnes per annum | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Namdeb | Namdeb Diamond Corporation | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | New Firestone | the new Firestone Shares proposed to | | Shares | be issued and credited as fully paid | | | to Scheme Shareholders pursuant to | | | the Acquisition | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Obtala | Obtala Resources plc | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Offer | the Acquisition, the Scheme and the | | | Reduction of Capital | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Overseas Kopane | Kopane Shareholders who are resident | | Shareholders | in, ordinarily resident in or who are | | | citizens of any jurisdiction outside | | | the UK | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Panel | The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers | +--------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Reduction Court | the order of the Court confirming the | | Order | Reduction of Capital | (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires July 21, 2010 06:55 ET (10:55 GMT)