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…
Botswana – a pioneer in sustainable tourism and a reference in Africa
22 November 2023 Botswana stands out as a reference in sustainable tourism in Africa. 37% of its land are protected…
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…
Botswana funnyman William Last KRM wins international award
15 November 2023 Congratulations are in order for popular Botswanan comedian William Last KRM. The funny-man recently bagged himself an…
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…
Savute Safari Lodge undergoes a complete rebuild
11 November 2023 Luxury Safari operator, Desert & Delta Safari – Botswana has announced plans for the complete rebuild of…
Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change may trigger fights among predators
9 November 2023 Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and…
Where is the most beautiful town in Botswana?
8 November 2023 Where is the most beautiful town in Botswana? Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, is known…
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’s ban on imported vegetables is working, says its president as he seeks re-election
7 November 2023 With elections due next year, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke of successes and ambitious plans in a…
Putting the LEA into leather
4 November 2023 Looking to put the LEA into local leather, Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) has teamed up with the…
Promoting Excellence in Healthcare: Botswana launches National Laboratory Strategic Plan
31 October 2023 It aims to modernise and upgrade laboratory infrastructure to better standards, ensuring the safe and efficient handling…
Botswana-Namibia heavy-haul line back on track
An ambitious cross-border railway expansion project that many industry insiders said was dead in the water since it first made…
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…
Botswana launches “elephant express” bus to safeguard community
23 October 2023 Botswana on Sunday launched an “elephant express” bus to transport the community and school-age children in its…