Debswana Board approves key development phase for Jwaneng Underground Project
18 January 2024 The Board of Debswana, the 50:50 diamond mining joint venture between De Beers Group and the Government…
Category: Mining
De Beers approves $1 billion spending at Botswana mine
11 January 2024 Global diamond giant De Beers said it will go ahead with a planned $1 billion investment to…
Lucara announces recovery of 166 Carat type IIA diamond from Karowe Mine
11 January 2024 Lucara Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce the recovery of a 166 carat diamond from its 100%…
Aterian acquires 90% controlling interest in Atlantis
8 January 2024 London-listed critical metals exploration and development company Aterian has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire…
Giyani Metals granted environmental authorisation for Botswana project
8 January 2024 Giyani Metals Corp., developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, has announced that it has…
The Individuals Who Shaped the Diamond Industry in 2023
26 December 2023 Rapaport’s “People of the Year” reflect the broad range of challenges affecting the trade — and some…
A New Dawn for the Botswana Diamond Industry
22 December 2023 The country is at a pivotal point in its diamond journey, with the new deal between De…
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…
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…