The Innovators: Lucara Diamond devised new ways to mine and market giant gems
Why the Vancouver-based miner continues to find more big diamonds than anyone else It’s no accident that Lucara Diamond Corp. has,…
Category: Mining
Canadian firm sweetens BCL deal with P4.3bn
Premium Nickel Resource Corporation, the Canadian company recently named as the frontrunner to take over BCL Ltd, has pledged to…
Botswana Diamonds enters cooperation agreement to fast-track Botswana diamond exploration
Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has entered into a cooperation agreement to fund the exploration of its prospecting licence assets in Botswana…
Botswana names Canadian firm as preferred bidder for copper mine
Premium Nickel Resources has six months to make an offer Botswana mining group went into liquidation in October 2016 Botswana…
Maatla to start on $45m Mmamabula coal project in June after Botswana gives nod
Unlisted Maatla Resources, which is developing the Mmamabula Coal Project in Botswana, has received its mining licence and is looking…
Si6 extends historic Maibele strike in Botswana
Si6 Metals has followed up historic drilling at its Maibele Project in Botswana, with new results successfully expanding a sulphide-hosting…
De Beers diamonds sparkling in early 2021 thanks to Valentines, Chinese New Year
Global mining company, De Beers says it expects to report $650 million in rough diamond sales for its first cycle…
Power Metal Resources steps up surveying at Botswana joint venture ahead of IPO spin-off
Power Metal Resources is stepping up surveying at its Botswana joint venture ahead of IPO spin-off. The companies are preparing for…
Botswana intensifying effort to attract non-diamond exploration
Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an…
Gold executives who turned to copper say Botswana will join ranks of important producers
When John Munro and Johan Ferreira were last employed in the South African gold sector, it could still claim a…
Botswana’s Debswana diamond exports fell 30% in 2020
Exports of rough diamonds mined by the Debswana Diamond Company fell 30% in 2020, statistics released by the Bank of…
Lucara recovers 378 ct diamond from Karowe
Diamond miner, Lucara Diamond, has recovered an unbroken Type IIa 378 ct gem-quality top white diamond from the milling of…
Diamond trade is roaring back thanks to stuck-at-home shoppers
The global diamond trade spent years in the doldrums, only to be crippled by the pandemic just as things started…
Solar provides multiple options to manganese mine in Botswana
Canada-based Giyani Metals is planning to build a solar plant for its manganese mining site in Botswana. The company is…
Botswana’s Kimberly Process dream deferred
Botswana’s dream of assuming chairmanship of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme will have to wait until 2022 at the very…
Botswana’s private coal miner to double output if it wins Eskom contract, says CEO
Botswana‘s privately owned coal miner, Minergy will double its output by opening a new mine if it wins a contract to…
Giyani plans demo plant for Botswana manganese project
Canadian producer, Giyani Metals has chosen US-based engineering services firm Tetra Tech to complete a concept design study for a…
SI6 Metals (ASX:SI6) makes tracks at WA and Botswana Projects
Exploration company SI6 Metals (SI6) has released an update on its drilling operations in WA and Botswana The company has…
Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has found an unbroken 341-carat white gem-quality rock at its prolific Karowe Mine in Botswana, with analysts…
Debswana terminates $1.3bn contract with Thiess
De Beers-owned Debswana Mining Company has reportedly terminated a $1.3bn contract with a unit of Australian firm Thiess to extend…
Republic of Botswana and ReconAfrica amend exploration license to exclude entire Tsodilo Hills area
ReconAfrica recognises and accepts the importance of pertinent cultural and historical sites, the company announced via a statement issued Tuesday.…
Si6 Metals spies multiple new drill targets in Botswana
ASX-listed base and precious metals explorer, Si6 Metals has identified a string of polymetallic anomalies at its flagship Maibele North…
Botswana extends Lucara Diamond’s mining licence to 2046
Botswana’s government has renewed Lucara Diamond’s licence for its Karowe mine for another 25 years, the company said on Tuesday.…
Bezant Resources to acquire Kanye Manganese Project in Southern Botswana
Bezant Resources PLC (LON:BEZ) says it has agreed to acquire Metrock Resources and the Kanye Manganese Project in Southern Botswana. The…
Si6 Metals burrows deep for Botswana nickel
ASX-listed base metals and gold play, Si6 Metals, has taken the plunge at its flagship Maibele North nickel-copper project in…
De Beers Buys Another Year to Strike Diamond Deal With Botswana
De Beers is extending its decade-long sales agreement with Botswana, where it sells diamonds from the world’s best mines, for…