France’s Orano expands uranium search in Botswana
25 August 2026 Botswana has granted three new uranium prospecting licences to Orano Mining, adding to the 15 licences already…
Category: Mining
Botala reports early gas observations at Pitse Pilot in Botswana
24 August 2026 Botala Energy Ltd. has recorded early gas observations ahead of full reservoir drawdown at its principal Pitse…
Botswana is now digging for copper after betting its future on diamonds
19 August 2026 Botswana is trying to shift the centre of gravity of its mining economy. Long dependent on diamonds,…
2,488-Carat Diamond, Largest Found in Botswana, Has a New Owner
16 August 2026 Gaborone, Botswana—The 2,000-carat-plus diamond recovered from a mine in Botswana two years ago now has a permanent…
US drops tariff barrier on Botswana diamonds
28 July 2026 Botswana’s diamond exports to the United States have received a major trade boost after Washington removed the…
Vantage begins drilling at Botswana copper project
24 July 2026 Vantage Metals (ASX:VAN) has commenced drilling at its 100%-owned Kalahari Copper Project in northwestern Botswana. The company…
Rare 1, 305.4-carat diamond discovered in Botswana’s Karowe mine
15 July 2026 Gem 10th diamond in excess of 1,000 carats discovered at one of world’s most popular source of…
Prospecting licences renewed, drilling under way for Power Metal’s Botswana project
7 July 2026 Aim-listed Power Metal Resources says drilling has begun as part of a 1 600 m core drilling programme targeting…
Botswana, the World’s Diamond Capital, Pivots to Critical Minerals
6 July 2026 Key Facts: Botswana critical minerals are the country’s new bet: the small southern African nation that is…
Botswana’s largest-ever blue diamond presented by Messika
5 July 2026 With all eyes on Paris and the haute jewellery presentations next week, Messika is preparing to reveal…
De Beers finds Gen Z driving diamond demand rebound
15 June 2026 American consumers are showing renewed interest in natural diamonds, offering a potential boost to Africa’s diamond-producing nations…
AI spots Botswana copper targets
5 June 2026 Aim- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed copper and diamond exploration company Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-assisted…
Leviathan begins drilling campaign at Botswana’s Central Project
3 May 2026 Leviathan Metals has started a diamond core drilling programme of up to 10,000m at its wholly owned…
Botswana set to join Africa’s manganese producers through K.Hill battery materials project
31 May 2026 Canadian mining company Giyani Metals released the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its K.Hill manganese project in…
Giyani Metals seeks partners for $535m Botswana mine
28 May 2026 GIYANI Metals said on Thursday a proposed $535m manganese project in Botswana had “strong economics” ahead of…
Giyani announces positive DFS results for Botswana manganese project
28 May 2026 TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals has reported positive definitive feasibility study (DFS) results for its 100%-owned K.Hillbattery-grade manganese project in…
AI-assisted exploration analysis identifies copper targets in Botswana
21 May 2026 Aim- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed copper and diamond exploration company Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-assisted…
Uranium: Lotus advances towards production in Botswana as Orano moves in
2 May 2026 Lotus Resources announced on Wednesday, April 29, the successful completion of the first phase of a drilling…
Botswana Minerals identifies priority base metals targets
21 April 2026 Aim-listed Botswana Minerals says the company is progressing well with its fully funded AI-driven explorationprogramme over licences…
Botswana field push sharpens Belararox’s copper hunt
13 April 2026 Belararox is stepping things up at the Kalahari copper project, with a big airborne EM survey and…
After losing a key uranium mine in Niger, France turns to Botswana for new mining deals as Europe scrambles for supply
10 April 2026 France is setting its sights on Botswana for uranium deals months after losing access to Niger’s SOMAIR…
Sandfire flags lower-end FY26 output as weather, delays weigh on performance
9 April 2026 Copper miner Sandfire Resources expects full-year production to land in the lower half of its guidance range, after…
Botswana Minerals identifies copper, lead/zinc target systems in Botswana
19 March 2026 Aim-listed Botswana Minerals has reported encouraging results from integrated geological and AI-enhanced initial exploration analysis across its copper prospecting licences in north-west Botswana. The…
Lucara finds rare blue diamond at Botswana mine
18 March 2026 Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered a high-quality 36.92-carat blue diamond from stockpiled ore at its…
Diamonds: Lucara raises $350M in bonds for Botswana’s Karowe mine expansion
16 March 2026 Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond said last Thursday it had placed $350 million in senior secured bonds, part…
Fresh challenges for Africa’s diamond powerhouse, Botswana as S&P downgrades credit rating
15 March 2026 Africa’s leading diamond producer, Botswana, is facing renewed economic pressure as a prolonged slump in the global…