Natural Diamonds still rule but concerns mount
30 August 2023 A large majority of people planning to get married prefer natural diamonds, giving the industry momentum at…
Category: Mining
Lucara unearths 692-carat diamond at Karowe mine in Botswana
22 August 2023 Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered a 692.3-carat diamond from its 100% owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.…
De Beers Loosens Buying Rules as Inventories Accumulate
16 August 2023 De Beers will allow sightholders to defer up to half of rough purchases to early next year…
Official Opening of the Motheo Copper Mine
Opening ceremony signals the beginning of a modern, long-life processing hub in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt. Sandfire Resources…
Mount Burgess Mining targets new gallium and germanium exploration within Nxuu deposit, Botswana
10 August 2023 Mount Burgess Mining (ASX:MTB) has reported an exploration target relating to gallium and germanium for its Nxuu…
Whopper! Lucara Finds 1,080-Carat Diamond at Botswana Mine
9 August 2023 The Karowe mine in Botswana has produced a 1,080-carat diamond—the fourth diamond over 1,000 carats recovered from…
Botswana plans extra diamond sales route after De Beers deal
4 August 2023 Botswana‘s state diamond company is planning to diversify how it sells precious stones to the market as…
Govt doubles Jindal’s 300MW contract
25 July 2023 Government has doubled its contract with Jindal Africa and now requires the firm to deliver 600MW of…
Motheo Copper Mine, Botswana
Mine Type: Open-pit copper mineCommodity: Copper concentrateLocation: BotswanaProcessing rate: 3.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) initiallyLife of mine: Around ten…
Cobre unearths ‘prominent’ copper anomaly at Kitlanya West Project, Botswana
17 July 2023 Junior explorer Cobre (ASX:CBE) has identified a ‘prominent’ copper anomaly through aircore (AC) and reverse circulation (RC)…
Lucara’s Botswana underground expansion faces delay, cost increase
17 July 2023 Canada-based Lucara Diamond Corp has pushed out the completion date for its underground expansion project (UGP) at…
A Rough Overhaul: Russia, Botswana and Excess Supply
12 July 2023 Newly published Kimberley Process numbers give fresh insights into current market developments. Too many rough diamonds were…
Diamonds are for now: Botswana inks new deal with De Beers
Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s…
Tlou Energy raises over P59m via Entitlement Offer, Falling Short of original target
21 June 2023 Tlou Energy, the tri-listed gas-to-power developer published a supplementary regarding the share offer to raise P92.6 million…
Canada’s neocolonialism in Africa continues its efforts to expand
17 June 2023 One Canadian company has begun drilling for oil on sacred and protected lands, but so far coming…
PNRL raises P343m for BCL revival
14 June 2023 Premium Nickel Resources Limited (PNRL), whose local subsidiary is reviving the BCL Ltd assets, has secured 33.9…
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded
12 June 2023 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing…
Mount Burgess Mining confirms copper zone within Kihabe-Nxuu Polymetallic Project in Botswana
8 June 2023 ASX-listed explorer Mount Burgess Mining (ASX:MTB) is confirming a zone of copper mineralisation at the Kihabe deposit…
Vision Ridge closes Botswana’s sole iron ore mine
1 June 2023 India’s Yashomann Industries unit Vision Ridge Investments has closed the Ikongwe Mine in Botswana, due to a…
Botswana says it is still keen on De Beers partnership, confident of new deal
May 30, 2023 GABORONE, May 30 (Reuters) – Botswana wants to maintain its partnership with De Beers and is confident…
Australia’s Sandfire starts copper production at Motheo mine in Botswana
25 May 2023 The newly commissioned mine in the Kalahari Copper Belt will start copper shipments mid-year, contributing to the…
Cobre Limited (ASX:CBE) Assays Significantly Extend Cu-Ag Mineralisation in Botswana
May 16, 2023 AEST (ABN Newswire) – The initial set of assay results from Cobre Limited’s (ASX:CBE) recently completed 5,120m…
Botswana Diamond Manufacturers Partner with NDC
May 11, 23 (IDEX Online) – Botswana’s diamond industry is joining forces with the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) to promote…
PMR upbeat about its discovery of gold deposits near Francistown
4th May 2023 London-listed exploration company Power Metal Resources (PMR) is upbeat about its discovery of gold deposits near Francistown. …
Base metal exports triple in value
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – Exports of copper and nickel reached P3.9 billion last year, more than three times their level…
Si6 Metals begins exploration and drilling at new JV licences in Botswana
Si6 Metals’ (ASX:Si6) wholly owned subsidiary African Metals has been issued new joint venture (JV) licences, which has resulted in…