Si6 winds up Botswana drilling, nets more nickel-copper
20 December 2023 Si6 Metals has added further impetus to its highly-prospective Botswana precious and base metals play, with its…
Category: Mining
Arkle Resources wins two lithium exploration licences in Botswana
16 December 2023 Arkle Resources PLC on Friday said it has been awarded two exploration licences in the Makgadikgadi salt…
Power Metal Resources to start drill testing at Botswana project
8 December 2023 Since early October, Aim-listed exploration company Power Metal Resources has advanced plans to drill test a key…
Good news for Cobre at its Kitlanya West Project in Botswana
3 December 2023 Cobre has announced results from the recently completed AC, RC and soil sampling programmes on the Kitlanya…
Giyani secures $16m for Botswana manganese project
1 December 2023 Canada-headquartered Giyani Metals has secured $16-million in financing from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to advance…
Premium Nickel drills 2.19% NiEq over 13.45 metres at Selebi North, Botswana
29 November 2023 Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. [TSXV-PNRL; OTCQX-PNLLF] reported additional assay results from drilling at its past-producing nickel-copper-cobalt sulphide…
Bumper copper, silver grades in Botswana for Si6
28 November 2023 Si6 Metals’ latest batch of drill assays from its Dibete project in Botswana show a hole with…
Tlou Energy announces first gas from Lesedi 6 Production Pod
28 November 2023 Tlou Energy, developing power solutions for Botswana through gas-fired power and ancillary projects, reports that gas has…
Iconic Botswana mine enlists AI to drive exploration
25 November 2023 The machines will work independently of a human driver and are managed by a systems engineer from…
De Beers and Botswana to Seek New Diamond Deposits
22 November 2023 De Beers and the Botswana government will work together to find more diamond deposits, after both sides…
China’s MMG seals $1.9 billion deal to buy Khoemacau copper mine in Botswana
22 November 2023 Chinese miner MMG Ltd’s share price jumped on Tuesday to a near eight-week peak after it agreed…
Lucara Botswana unearths yet another whopper
21 November 2023 “Dumelang, betsho. I am so delighted to learn that Lucara has made yet another big diamond discovery…
Botswana still wants HB Antwerp model, even without HB
17 November 2023 Botswana miner Lucara Diamond may have nixed its agreement to sell all its big stones to HB…
WDC praises establishment of permanent Kimberley Process secretariat in Botswana
17 November 2023 World Diamond Council (WDC) president Feriel Zerouki has said the finalisation of arrangements for the establishment of…
Si6 jags high-grade copper-silver in Botswana
14 November 2023 Si6 Metals has jagged shallow, high-grade supergene and primary copper-silver drill intersections at its Dibete project in…
Lucara to spend US 20.3 million on prospecting
14 November 2023 Lucara Diamond Corp praised its sparkling third quarter results saying they put it in a good mood…
Botswana conducts due diligence on HB Antwerp stake, president says
8 November 2023 Botswana seeks 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader. HB Antwerp to get 10% of state gem company’s…
Botswana announces discovery of manganese deposits
27 October 2023 Botswana has found manganese deposits in its southwestern villages of Lobatse, Ramotswa and Kanye, Botswana’s minister of…
Botswana’s ODC halts diamond sales as industry seeks to reduce glut
25 October 2023 Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) has temporarily halted its rough stone sales as part of an…
Unlocking opportunity: Tati Nickel Mine for sale by auction in Botswana
20 October 2023 In the heart of the African mining industry, a unique opportunity is emerging that promises new potential…
Lotus’ acquisition of A-Cap approved by Botswana officials
19 October 2023 ASX-listed Lotus Resources has received regulatory approvals, a key condition precedent to implementing its proposed schemes of…
PNR expects 2026 start date for BCL
17 October 2023 Premium Nickel Resources Limited (PNRL), whose local subsidiary is reviving the BCL Ltd assets, expects the Selebi…
Jindal breaks ground to kickstart 600MW coal power plant
9 October, 2023 President Mokgweetsi Masisi, on Friday led officials in the groundbreaking ceremony for the multi-billion pula Mmamabula coal…
Fifth consecutive trade surplus as copper comes to the party
7 October 2023 Botswana this week reported its strongest quarterly trade surplus since 2019, powered by copper exports in addition…
IN BRIEF: Kibo Energy to sell stake in Botswana coal power project
7 October 2023 Kibo Energy PLC – Galway, Ireland-based company with energy projects in Africa and UK – Agrees to…
De Beers, Botswana One Step Closer to Finalising Agreement
3 October 2023 The two have signed “heads of terms” for the tentative 10-year sales agreement they reached in June.…