Tsodilo Resources Limited announced positive geotechnical lab test results for its wholly owned Xaudum Iron Project. These are the first set of geotechnical lab tests conducted on the Xaudum Iron Formation (XIF) and indicate that the XIF materials are competent and have good to moderate strength properties and will result in a positive set of geotechnical parameters to be used in the ongoing Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of the XIF project. 18 Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) tests gave the following results: Fresh Banded Magnetite formation (MBA) has a Very Strong Rock Strength Classification with a UCS average value of 132.7 MPa. Cataclastic mode of failure is the most prevalent in these MBA samples where the samples break irregularly at high stress without following any plane of weakness; Cataclastic is common in hard and brittle rocks, this mode of failure suggests that MBA banding is not necessarily a plane of weakness; Weathered Banded Magnetite (MBW) has a Strong Rock Strength Classification with a UCS average value of 81.3 MPa; MBW tends to break along foliation suggesting that there are micro-fractures developed along foliation caused by weathering;Diamictite Schist Formation (DIA) has a Strong Rock Strength Classification with a UCS average value of 57.2 MPa. DIA is predominantly the main country rock in the XIF and will make up the bulk of the pit wall materials during mining of the XIF. This Geodomain exhibits single shear as the dominant mode of failure which can be attributed to foliation and schistocity of this rock type that creates a plane of weakness; This Geodomain exhibits single shear as the dominant mode of failure which can be attributed to foliation and schistocity of this rock type that creates a plane of weakness; Diamictite Schist Weathered formation (DIAW) has a Medium Strong Rock Strength Classification with a UCS average value of 31.6 MPa; DIAW breaks easier along the schistocity foliation suggesting the weathering exacerbates the schistocity weakness planes of the rock mass; Calcrete Overburden (CAC) has a Strong Rock Strength Classification with a UCS average value of 80.4 MPa; Axial splitting is the dominant mode of fracture for this rock type. 8 Brazilian Tensile Strength (BTS) tests gave the following results: MBA gave a Strong to Very Strong tensile strength with an average of 9.65 MPa; DIA gave a Medium Strong to Strong tensile strength with an average of 8.82 MPa; The BTS values for DIA and MBA were plotted against UCS results and compared with other rock strength values in the literature showing the strong nature of these materials. 4 Direct Shear Strength (DSS) tests on open discontinuities (joints) on DIA Geodomain gave the following results: These joints gave effective friction angles ranges from 19.29o (Poor) to 36.87o (Good) and the effective cohesion of the joint surface ranged from 27.02 kPa to 273.81 kPa; The cohesion values are considered to be moderate low to moderate when compared to other geological scenarios in the literature. The friction angle ranges show that the material along the joint surface has variable amounts of "weak" phyllosilicate materials (dominated by biotite) due to the schistic nature of the DI A; and Group A showing appreciable phyllosilicate (biotite) material and thus lower effective friction angles, compared to Group B; These results of these DSS tests are well within normal results for materials like the DIA.