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Lucara results highlight difficult market
Despite higher production, Lucara Diamond (TSE: LUC) saw lower revenue in its second quarter than the same period a year…
Tsodilo Resources Limited announces sampling plan with inclusion of BK16 Kimberlite Project
Tsodilo Resources Limited is pleased to announce that a renewal application for Prospection License 369/2014 has been filed with the…
Jwaneng: US$2 billion investment for Botswana’s brightest star
The Debswana Diamond Company, a 50/50 joint venture between the government of Botswana and De Beers Group, recently announced a…
Lucara announces name of 1,758 carat diamond
In April 2019, the largest diamond to be mined at Karowe to date, an unbroken 1,758 carat near gem-quality diamond…
De Beers lowers full-year output expectations on weaker demand
Diamond miner De Beers has revised its full-year production guidance downward to about 31-million carats, leaning towards the lower end…
Botswana Diamonds raises funds for Thorny River
Botswana Diamonds has raised £250,000 with new and existing investors at a price of 0.5p per placing share. The placing…
Lucara to turn Boteti around
Boteti, regarded as the home to the world’s most coveted gemstones – diamonds – carries the dishonourable badge of being…
Lucara hosts diamond naming competition
Diamond mining company Lucara Botswana is hosting a diamond naming competition to find a name for the second largest and…
Botswana’s mining-friendly approach pays off
Just when it looked like Botswana had hit ‘peak diamond’, Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond announced in April that it had recovered…
Mixed economic developments for Botswana in the first quarter of the year
The first three months of the year have been characterised by mixed fortunes, but predominantly skewed towards positive developments. At…
Lucara recovers record 1,758 carat diamond from Karowe
Lucara Diamond Corp. this week announced the recovery of a 1,758 carat diamond from its 100% owned Karowe Diamond Mine…
What you need to know about the Okavango Blue
What makes a Diamond blue? How long did it take to cut and clean the just unveiled Okavango Blue, whose…
Botswana branches out – diversifying the economy
Botswana is famous for its mineral wealth – underpinned by the diamond industry – and nature reserves such as the…
Botswana unveils rare 20-carat blue diamond, the country’s largest ever
A remarkable oval-shaped blue diamond weighing over 20 carats, was this Wednesday unveiled to the world by Okavango Diamond Company…
Record breaking 302 carat Botswana diamond now for sale
The Graff Lesedi La Rona weighs 302.37 carats. It is the largest, highest clarity, highest colour diamond ever graded, and…
American Luxury jewellery retailer Tiffany & Co pay President Masisi a courtesy call
Representatives of American luxury jewellery and specialty retailer, Tiffany & Co, recently paid a courtesy call on President Dr Mokgweetsi…
Thorny River on track to become diamond producer by mid-2019
Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has confirmed that its Thorny River diamond dyke project in South Africa remains on track to start…
5 Reasons why we love Botswana
Botswana is a magnet for tourists who are looking for relaxation, natural beauty and rich memories of Africa. We have…
Botswana’s Debswana targets diamond output of 24 mln carats in 2019
Albert Milton, the Managing Director of Botswana’s Debswana Diamond Mining, has announced that Debswana aims to keep production at around…