Copper Belt exploration enables diversification
Renewed exploration interest – improvements in exploration techniques have resulted in a pipeline of exploration projects Renewed exploration interest in…
Category: Mining
Russia, Congo, Botswana hold 80% of global diamond reserves
Russia’s Alrosa is the only major diamond company currently producing in Angola via its stake in the Catoca mine (pictured)…
Fluor achieves safety milestone at Botswana mine
Engineering company Fluor South Africa has reached a safety milestone of two-million hours worked without a lost-time injury at Cupric…
Galileo Resources acquires new copper exploration licences in Botswana
Galileo Resources PLC (LON:GLR) has announced it is to acquire 21 prospecting licences inside the Kalahari Copper and Limpopo Mobile Belts…
Kavango Resources outlines next steps for its highly prospective Botswana project
Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV) Chief Executive, Michael Foster says he expects his team to make significant progress validating the thesis…
De Beers Offers 100% Deferrals at May Sight
De Beers is allowing rough-diamond customers to skip all purchases at next week’s sight, as shutdowns of manufacturing and retail…
De Beers Pauses Botswana Mining
De Beers’ mining operations in Botswana have been on hold for more than two weeks amid a national lockdown, the…
Dublin diamond explorer receives six new licences in Botswana
Government awarded permits that cover an area of 4,319sq km for a period of three years Dublin-based Botswana Diamonds has…
Giyani secures finance for manganese project
Giyani Metals Corp. has received a letter of interest confirming in- principal project finance support for its K.Hill manganese project…
Botswana’s diamond sales face slump as Coronavirus locks out key buyers
Botswana’s pillar diamond industry is expected to take a significant hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Botswana on Monday banned travellers…
Expert tells Botswana to stop exporting raw minerals
International Mineral processing expert, Dr Vaikuntam Lakshmanan of Canada’s Process Research (ORTECH), has called on Botswana to seriously consider processing…
Lucara expects to rake in P2.3bn in earnings
Lucara Diamonds expects revenues from its Karowe Mine to reach up to US$210 million (P2.3 billion) this year, up from…
Funders rally around Botswana’s coal dreams
Glimmer of hope for Botswana’s coal dreams The Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Minister, Lefoko Moagi says contact…
Kavango Resources picks up ground in Botswana
Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV) has signed a joint venture agreement in respect of two prospecting licences situated in the Botswana…
Botswana seeks new De Beers diamond sales deal by end of April
Botswana plans to conclude negotiations with De Beers on a diamond sales agreement by the end of April to replace…
New Film details how Botswana benefits from diamonds
By nearly all accounts when it comes to the diamond industry, Botswana is a success story. Because of diamonds, the…
Kavango Drilling Botswana shows elevated copper & nickel values
Kavango Resources PLC says drilling has provided valuable geological information to assist in the understanding of the potential of the…
Lucara recovers 549-carat white gem diamond from Karowe Mine
Lucara Diamond Corp has announced the recovery of a 549-carat white diamond of exceptional purity from its Karowe Diamond Mine…
Pangolin Diamonds identifies 20 new exploration targets
Toronto Venture Listed-mining company Pangolin Diamonds has identified 20 new potential kimberlite formation targets for immediate exploration in the Malatswae area.…
Botswana to accelerate $4 bln coal-to-liquid refinery project – minister
Feb 4 (Reuters) – Botswana, which has some of Africa’s largest coal reserves, wants to cut harmful carbon emissions but…
Lucara Botswana to build P35m stadium for Letlhakane
Lucara Botswana Managing Director, Naseem Lahri says the company is will construct a state-of-the-art stadium worth an estimated P35 million…
Discovering Sewelô – Botswana’s largest diamond ever
Lucara Diamond Corp. announced the recovery of a 1,758-carat diamond from the Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana in April…
Positive forecast for the diamond industry in 2020
Following a subdued trading year for the global diamond industry in 2019 owing to the US-China trade war amongst other…
Lucara enters into collaboration with Louis Vuitton to polish the historic 1758 carat Sewelo, Botswana’s largest diamond
Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) this week announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Louis Vuitton…
Botswana faces trade deficit amid weak diamond trading
Statistics recently released show Botswana choking at a trade deficit of over P3 billion. The current trend is mainly attributed…
Giyani Awards Environmental Assessment Work for its K.Hill Manganese Deposit in Botswana to Loci Environmental
Giyani Metals Corp. this week announced the selection of Botswana based Loci Environmental Management and Consulting (“Loci”) to conduct the…