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…
Tag: Botswana mining
MOD Resources receives ‘encouraging’ funding proposals for Botswana copper play
MOD Resources says it has received ‘encouraging’ proposals from several parties interested in potentially supply debt to its T3 copper…
Giyani receives EMP approvals for Botswana manganese prospects
Giyani Metals on Friday announced that the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in Botswana had approved the environmental management plans…
Kopore eyes deep copper target in Botswana
After months of activity in Namibia, Kopore Metals has crossed the border and resumed exploration in Botswana with the re-entry…
Botswana Railways boosts coal export with mega line
Botswana Railways has announced its intention to start construction of the long-awaited Mmamabula-Lephalale line in the second half of 2021,…
African Battery Metals acquires 18.26% stake in Kalahari Key
Battery metal exploration and development company African Battery Metals (ABM) has entered a share acquisition and earn-in agreement with Kalahari…
BPOPF takes bigger stake in Tlou Energy
Botswana Public Officers Pensioners Fund (BPOPF) has recently increased its stake in Tlou Energy Limited to 10.4%, snapping up P21…
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 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…
Tlou Energy advancing discussions with Botswana investors to expand field operations
Tony Gilby, Managing Director of Tlou Energy Limited, caught up with Proactive London’s Andrew Scott following their AU$1.2m premium priced…
Tlou Energy finalises AUS$1.2 Million equity raising at premium with 12 month Escrow
Tlou Energy Ltd, the ASX, AIM and BSE-listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the…
Metal Tiger’s Kalahari Metals purchases firm which owns five exploration licenses in Kalahari Copper Belt
The AIM-listed investor said post completion of the acquisition, Metal Tiger’s interest in KML will be diluted to approximately 43.9%…
Metal Tiger’s Kalahari Metals receives Botswana government approval for Ngami EMP
Metal Tiger, which holds a 50% stake in KML, says the environmental management plan (EMP) would now be subject to…
MOD lays out plans for T3 copper-silver project in Botswana
The feasibility study for MOD Resources’ majority-owned T3 copper-silver open-pit project in Botswana has delivered compelling mine economics, in addition…
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…
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…
De Beers, Botswana awards $1.2bn expansion contract of world’s richest diamond mine to Thiess
The Debswana Diamond Company, a 50/50 joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group,…
Miners consider Botswana ideal for mining – Study
No country in Africa is rated before Botswana when it comes to encouraging investment in exploration and its jurisdiction is…
Botswana rated best mining environment in Africa
The annual Fraser Institute – Survey of Mining Companies 2018 states: “Botswana is again the highest ranked jurisdiction in Africa…