Botswana Diamonds renews two Sunland prospecting licences
Botswana Diamonds said on Monday that prospecting licences 232 and 235 of 2015, owned by its wholly-owned subsidiary Sunland Minerals,…
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Botswana in lucrative diamond alliance
Botswana has become smarter and will no longer be exploited by buyers who procure its rough diamonds for a pittance…
Botswana govt sees GDP growth of 4.3% in 2022
GABORONE, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The Botswana government estimates that its economy will grow at a rate of 4.3% in…
Zimbabwean diamonds producer expands into Botswana
AST Resources says its acquisition of Gem Diamonds Botswana (GDB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of London headquartered Gem Diamonds, aligns with…
Okwa to acquire Ghaghoo diamond mine in Botswana
Ghaghoo mine is a 10.8ha kimberlite pipe in central Botswana, 300km north-west of Gaborone. Okwa Diamonds has signed an agreement…
Lucara shines bright again with unearthing of 393-carat gem
Lucara’s star continued to shine last week as it announced it had unearthed yet another mammoth diamond from its mine…
Diamond sales at De Beers’ Botswana Unit rebound
De Beers’ Botswana unit saw sales of rough diamonds rebound by 41% in the first half of 2021, driven by the reopening…
Lucara Recovers 393 Carat Top White Gem Diamond from the Karowe Mine in Botswana
Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) announce yesterday it had recovered a 393.5 carat top white Type IIa gem-quality…
De Beers’ second-quarter rough diamond production up 134%
Diamond miner De Beers’ rough diamond production increased by 134% year-on-year to 8.2-million carats during the second quarter, which the…
Lucara recovers 62-carat fancy pink diamond “Boitumelo” from Karowe Mine
Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the recovery of a 62.7-carat fancy pink diamond from…
Britain’s Firestone to sell Botswana diamond mine for $50 000
Britain’s Firestone Diamonds has agreed to sell its Botswana mine to a local company for just $50,000, after previous attempts to…
Shine bright like a diamond: Botswana unearths another 1,000+ ct diamond
Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corp has recovered a 1,174.76 ct diamond from its Karowe mine, in Botswana. It is the third…
Botswana unearths the world’s ‘third largest’ diamond
The 1,098-carat diamond is the biggest stone of gem quality to be found in the history of the Debswana company.…
Lucara Recovers 470 Carat Diamond from the Karowe Mine in Botswana
Lucara Diamond Corp. (“Lucara” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the recovery of a 470-carat top light brown clivage…
Lucara secures $220m for Botswana diamond mine expansion
Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corp has secured credit-approved commitments for senior debt facilities of up to $220-million to fund the…
Botswana hits another trade surplus
Botswana’s trade balance appears to be improving, driven by a recovery in the diamond industry. In recent years, the country’s …
Botswana economy seen growing by 6.2% in 2021
International credit rating agency – Moody’s, says it forecasts that the Botswana economy will recover in 2021, with real GDP…
Botswana finds 11 diamonds at Thorny River project
Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) said on Monday it had recovered 11 diamonds and “abundant” kimberlitic indicators from drill samples at its…
Botswana’s Debswana expects to increase diamond output by 38% in 2021
Diamond producer Debswana aims to increase output by 38% this year to pre-pandemic levels of 23 million carats, a company…
Botswana Diamonds enters cooperation agreement to fast-track Botswana diamond exploration
Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has entered into a cooperation agreement to fund the exploration of its prospecting licence assets in Botswana…
De Beers diamonds sparkling in early 2021 thanks to Valentines, Chinese New Year
Global mining company, De Beers says it expects to report $650 million in rough diamond sales for its first cycle…
Botswana looks to coal to curb diamond dependency
Botswana must diversify into commodities such as coal and base metals as a matter of urgency, after a difficult year…
Botswana intensifying effort to attract non-diamond exploration
Botswana has intensified efforts to digitise and make geoscience information readily available to local and international potential investors in an…
Botswana’s Debswana diamond exports fell 30% in 2020
Exports of rough diamonds mined by the Debswana Diamond Company fell 30% in 2020, statistics released by the Bank of…
Lucara recovers 378 ct diamond from Karowe
Diamond miner, Lucara Diamond, has recovered an unbroken Type IIa 378 ct gem-quality top white diamond from the milling of…
Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has found an unbroken 341-carat white gem-quality rock at its prolific Karowe Mine in Botswana, with analysts…