Apart from diamonds, the country's main mineral resources have been identified as base metals, clays, dimension stone, sand, gravel and uranium.
Mining licenses for diamonds from Kao and Liqhobong pipes were operated for a short period from 1959 till Lesotho's independence.
[2] The country has enacted many regulatory laws related to the mining sector, specifically to exploration and issuing of licenses and exports.
[1] Known mineral deposits in Lesotho include base metals, clay, diamond, dimension stone, sand, gravel, and uranium.
Artisanal mining concerns of agate, clay, sand, gravel, and stone have occurred to a limited extent for internal consumption.