Botswana aims to negotiate bigger stake in HB Antwerp diamond dealer
15 August 2024 Botswana intends to renegotiate its proposed purchase of a stake in Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp to…
Category: Mining
Diamond sales at Botswana’s Debswana fall 49.2% as market downturn continues
1 August 2024 Sales of rough diamonds at Debswana Diamond Company fell 49.2% in the first half of 2024, according…
Altona exercises option to acquire Botswana project, appoints new non-exec director
30 July 2024 Resource exploration and development company Altona Rare Earths has exercised its option to acquire the Sesana copper/silver…
Botswana proposes law for locals to acquire 24% stakes in mines
24 July 2024 Botswana is proposing a law that will ask mining companies, once granted a licence, to sell a…
Giyani Metals secures rights for solar farm at K.Hill site
16 July 2024 Giyani Metals Corp (TSX-V:EMM, OTC:CATPF) told investors it has secured 25-year surface rights leases for its K.Hill…
Botswana signs coal export deal with Zimbabwe and Mozambique
15 July 2024 Landlocked Botswana, which boasts the third largest coal reserves in Africa, has a potential new export route. …
Botala raises 2C estimate for Botswana CBM Project to 454 Bcf
15 July 2024 Botala Energy Ltd. has revised up the best resource estimate for its Serowe Coal Bed Methane (CBM)…
Russia Overtakes Botswana for Rough-Production Value in 2023
8 July 2024 The value of Russia’s rough-diamond production surpassed Botswana’s for the first time in 2023 even as sanctions…
Botswana’s Diamond Legacy
1 July 2024 Tourism could be central to the country’s post-mining plans, says Debswana executive. What connects Prince Harry and…
The women behind the world’s most precious diamonds
1 July 2024 Three Botswana women creating De Beers’s magnificent stones speak to Harper’s Bazaar about the beauty below the…
Botswana propelled to world’s top diamonds producer
22 June 2024 Botswana has ascended to the rank of the top diamond producer globally, unseating sanctions-hit Russia. Most of…
Arc Minerals initiates drilling at Botswana’s Virgo project
17 June 2024 The company noted that the initiative follows a scout drilling programme that confirmed geological formations. Arc Minerals…
Premium Nickel upsizes private placement for Botswana projects
12 June 2024 Premium Nickel Resources (PNR) has upsized its private placement, meant for advancing its Botswana projects, to approximately…
Premium Nickel upsizes Botswana financing to $27.5 million
11 June 2024 Premium Nickel Resources (TSXV: PNRL; OTCQX: PNRLF) has upsized its non-brokered equity financing to $27.5 million to…
Botswana says it’s in talks about increasing stake in De Beers
10 June 2024 Botswana said it’s in talks over increasing its shareholding in De Beers, as Anglo American prepares to…
Botswana: De Beers sell-off is “best thing”
8 June 2024 (IDEX Online) – The Botswana government has greeted news of a De Beers sell-off as “the best…
Kavango, ENRG step closer to Botswana copper discovery
7 June 2024 London-based Kavango Resources has used high-tech geophysics to identify five high-priority targets at the Karakubis copper-silver joint…
Botswana may raise De Beers stake as Anglo weighs spin-off
6 June 2024 The Botswana government may raise its shareholding in global diamond miner De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi told…
Botswana seeking quick separation from Anglo
31 May 2024 BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi wanted a quick separation from Anglo American in terms of the UK group’s…
Si6 Metals secures seven-year prospecting licence in Botswana
28 May 2024 The acquired licence increases Si6 Metals’s land position in the Limpopo Mobile Belt by over 45% to…
Si6 to explore new nickel-copper-silver ground in Botswana
27 May 2024 Si6 Metals has increased its tenement area in the Limpopo Mobile Belt in Botswana by 45% to…
BHP-Anglo prospects flag more M&A ahead for miners
23 May 2024 BHP’s bid for Anglo American underlines the growing appetite for energy transition metals like copper from miners…
Large-Stone Slowdown Dents Lucara Revenue
13 May 2024 Lucara Diamond Corp.’s revenue fell in the first quarter as the quantity of large stones sold into…
Botswana says it will protect its diamond interests as BHP Bids for Anglo American
8 May 2024 Key points Botswana, the world’s largest diamond producer, says it’s closely following BHP Billiton’s battle to buy…
China Minmetals completes acquisition of copper mine in Botswana
29 April 2024 MMG Limited, a subsidiary company of the mining giant China Minmetals Corporation, has finalised the acquisition of…
Power Metal Resources intercepts superconductor in Botswana
23 April 2024 Power Metal Resources said the latest drill hole, DDH1-14C, at its Molopo Farms Complex nickel and platinum…