https://yourbotswana.com Our Botswana is Your Botswana Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:16:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yourbotswana.com/900m-khoemacau-expansion-lifts-botswanas-copper-ambitions/ https://yourbotswana.com/900m-khoemacau-expansion-lifts-botswanas-copper-ambitions/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:16:18 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=20435

3 March 2026 At full capacity, the 130 000 tpa operation will significantly boost output from the Khoemacau mine and…]]>

3 March 2026 At full capacity, the 130 000 tpa operation will significantly boost output from the Khoemacau mine and…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/900m-khoemacau-expansion-lifts-botswanas-copper-ambitions/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-accelerates-copper-cobalt-and-lithium-strategy-to-strengthen-post-diamond-economic-resilience/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-accelerates-copper-cobalt-and-lithium-strategy-to-strengthen-post-diamond-economic-resilience/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:42:18 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=20404

20 February 2026 Botswana is accelerating its copper, cobalt and lithium strategy as structural shifts in global diamond markets push…]]>

20 February 2026 Botswana is accelerating its copper, cobalt and lithium strategy as structural shifts in global diamond markets push…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-accelerates-copper-cobalt-and-lithium-strategy-to-strengthen-post-diamond-economic-resilience/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-grants-new-copper-license-to-reduce-reliance-on-diamonds/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-grants-new-copper-license-to-reduce-reliance-on-diamonds/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:56:17 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19910

16 December 2025 Diamonds remain a pillar of Botswana’s economy. However, the global diamond market crisis has weakened this advantage…]]>

16 December 2025 Diamonds remain a pillar of Botswana’s economy. However, the global diamond market crisis has weakened this advantage…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-grants-new-copper-license-to-reduce-reliance-on-diamonds/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/tribeca-investment-fund-backs-botswanas-emerging-copper-industry/ https://yourbotswana.com/tribeca-investment-fund-backs-botswanas-emerging-copper-industry/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:24:21 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19749

18 November 2025 Botswana intensifies efforts to diversify its economy away from diamonds as global copper demand rises. The southern…]]>

18 November 2025 Botswana intensifies efforts to diversify its economy away from diamonds as global copper demand rises. The southern…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/tribeca-investment-fund-backs-botswanas-emerging-copper-industry/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-fires-up-rigs-for-botswana-copper-push-with-south32/ https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-fires-up-rigs-for-botswana-copper-push-with-south32/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:30:12 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19592

24 October 2025 Noronex has launched a major new reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme across the company’s Cgae Cgae copper…]]>

24 October 2025 Noronex has launched a major new reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme across the company’s Cgae Cgae copper…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-fires-up-rigs-for-botswana-copper-push-with-south32/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/chinas-sinomine-secures-path-to-control-botswana-copper-project-nn-a9-million-deal/ https://yourbotswana.com/chinas-sinomine-secures-path-to-control-botswana-copper-project-nn-a9-million-deal/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:37:02 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=19213

3 September 2025 Chinese mining company Sinomine has signed an investment agreement to acquire a 70% stake in the Okavango…]]>

3 September 2025 Chinese mining company Sinomine has signed an investment agreement to acquire a 70% stake in the Okavango…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/chinas-sinomine-secures-path-to-control-botswana-copper-project-nn-a9-million-deal/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/belararox-identifies-20-areas-to-drill-for-copper-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/belararox-identifies-20-areas-to-drill-for-copper-in-botswana/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:44:11 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=18406

1 April 2025 Special report: A review of existing geology and geophysics has identified three main regions with higher prospectivity,…]]>

1 April 2025 Special report: A review of existing geology and geophysics has identified three main regions with higher prospectivity,…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/belararox-identifies-20-areas-to-drill-for-copper-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-extends-namibia-copper-hunt-into-adjacent-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-extends-namibia-copper-hunt-into-adjacent-botswana/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 14:46:16 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=18343

15 March 2025 Noronex Limited has been granted two strategic Botswana prospecting licences on the Namibia-Botswana border, contiguous with and…]]>

15 March 2025 Noronex Limited has been granted two strategic Botswana prospecting licences on the Namibia-Botswana border, contiguous with and…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/noronex-extends-namibia-copper-hunt-into-adjacent-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/altona-exercises-option-to-acquire-botswana-project-appoints-new-non-exec-director/ https://yourbotswana.com/altona-exercises-option-to-acquire-botswana-project-appoints-new-non-exec-director/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:37:16 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=17644

30 July 2024 Resource exploration and development company Altona Rare Earths has exercised its option to acquire the Sesana copper/silver…]]>

30 July 2024 Resource exploration and development company Altona Rare Earths has exercised its option to acquire the Sesana copper/silver…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/altona-exercises-option-to-acquire-botswana-project-appoints-new-non-exec-director/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-unveils-copper-silver-potential-in-botswanas-kalahari-copper-belt/ https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-unveils-copper-silver-potential-in-botswanas-kalahari-copper-belt/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:42:08 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=17305

2 April 2024  Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV) has unveiled preliminary interpretations of geophysical survey data conducted by New Resolution Geophysics…]]>

2 April 2024  Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV) has unveiled preliminary interpretations of geophysical survey data conducted by New Resolution Geophysics…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-unveils-copper-silver-potential-in-botswanas-kalahari-copper-belt/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-resources-discovers-new-copper-targets-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-resources-discovers-new-copper-targets-in-botswana/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:13:47 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=17182

1 February 2024 Galileo Resources PLC (AIM:GLR) has unearthed three copper targets within licence PL253/2018, part of its portfolio in…]]>

1 February 2024 Galileo Resources PLC (AIM:GLR) has unearthed three copper targets within licence PL253/2018, part of its portfolio in…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-resources-discovers-new-copper-targets-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-identifies-three-targets-in-botswana-for-follow-up-exploration-work/ https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-identifies-three-targets-in-botswana-for-follow-up-exploration-work/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:05:54 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=17175

31 January 2024 London-listed Galileo Resources has defined three potential drill targets with a combined strike length of about 6…]]>

31 January 2024 London-listed Galileo Resources has defined three potential drill targets with a combined strike length of about 6…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/galileo-identifies-three-targets-in-botswana-for-follow-up-exploration-work/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-to-acquire-six-prospecting-licences-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-to-acquire-six-prospecting-licences-in-botswana/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:37:09 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16837

25 September 2023 (Alliance News) – Kavango Resources PLC on Monday said it has signed a deal with Global Exploration…]]>

25 September 2023 (Alliance News) – Kavango Resources PLC on Monday said it has signed a deal with Global Exploration…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-to-acquire-six-prospecting-licences-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/perenti-secures-235m-contract-for-motheo-expansion-project-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/perenti-secures-235m-contract-for-motheo-expansion-project-in-botswana/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:16:26 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16778

7 September 2023 AMS is responsible for delivering all surface mining services related to development and production activities at the…]]>

7 September 2023 AMS is responsible for delivering all surface mining services related to development and production activities at the…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/perenti-secures-235m-contract-for-motheo-expansion-project-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/motheo-copper-mine-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/motheo-copper-mine-botswana/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:52:42 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16609

Mine Type: Open-pit copper mineCommodity: Copper concentrateLocation: BotswanaProcessing rate: 3.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) initiallyLife of mine: Around ten…]]>

Mine Type: Open-pit copper mineCommodity: Copper concentrateLocation: BotswanaProcessing rate: 3.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) initiallyLife of mine: Around ten…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/motheo-copper-mine-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/australias-sandfire-starts-copper-production-at-motheo-mine-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/australias-sandfire-starts-copper-production-at-motheo-mine-in-botswana/#respond Thu, 25 May 2023 15:56:07 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16419

25 May 2023 The newly commissioned mine in the Kalahari Copper Belt will start copper shipments mid-year, contributing to the…]]>

25 May 2023 The newly commissioned mine in the Kalahari Copper Belt will start copper shipments mid-year, contributing to the…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/australias-sandfire-starts-copper-production-at-motheo-mine-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/caterpillar-barloworld-ams-and-sandfire-collaborate-at-motheo-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/caterpillar-barloworld-ams-and-sandfire-collaborate-at-motheo-in-botswana/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:34:14 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16150

When Sandfire Resources produces the first ore from its new Motheo copper mine in Botswana, southern Africa, later this year,…]]>

When Sandfire Resources produces the first ore from its new Motheo copper mine in Botswana, southern Africa, later this year,…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/caterpillar-barloworld-ams-and-sandfire-collaborate-at-motheo-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-sets-out-its-plans-for-2023-following-strategic-review/ https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-sets-out-its-plans-for-2023-following-strategic-review/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:09:33 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16096

Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) has completed a strategic review involving exploration, financing and expansion with regard to its portfolio of assets…]]>

Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) has completed a strategic review involving exploration, financing and expansion with regard to its portfolio of assets…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-sets-out-its-plans-for-2023-following-strategic-review/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-turns-focus-to-karakubis-copper-project-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-turns-focus-to-karakubis-copper-project-in-botswana/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:22:03 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16043

Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) recently commissioned a report on the prospectivity of its Kalahari Copper Belt projects in Botswana, which…]]>

Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) recently commissioned a report on the prospectivity of its Kalahari Copper Belt projects in Botswana, which…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/kavango-resources-turns-focus-to-karakubis-copper-project-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-will-collaborate-with-sandfire-for-survey-over-kalahari-copper-belt-projects/ https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-will-collaborate-with-sandfire-for-survey-over-kalahari-copper-belt-projects/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:50:27 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15663

Cobre Ltd (ASX:CBE) will collaborate with successful global explorer and producer Sandfire Resources Ltd on a joint Airborne Gravity Gradient…]]>

Cobre Ltd (ASX:CBE) will collaborate with successful global explorer and producer Sandfire Resources Ltd on a joint Airborne Gravity Gradient…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-will-collaborate-with-sandfire-for-survey-over-kalahari-copper-belt-projects/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/cobres-botswana-project-yields-high-grade-copper-results/ https://yourbotswana.com/cobres-botswana-project-yields-high-grade-copper-results/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:34:33 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15617

Cobre Limited’s assay results for drill hole NCP20A which has intersected a significant zone of chalcocite mineralisation within a parasitic…]]>

Cobre Limited’s assay results for drill hole NCP20A which has intersected a significant zone of chalcocite mineralisation within a parasitic…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/cobres-botswana-project-yields-high-grade-copper-results/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-completes-kalahari-metals-acquisition-secures-second-largest-tenure-in-kalahari-copper-belt/ https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-completes-kalahari-metals-acquisition-secures-second-largest-tenure-in-kalahari-copper-belt/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:46:10 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15591 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-completes-kalahari-metals-acquisition-secures-second-largest-tenure-in-kalahari-copper-belt/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-asxcbe-hits-12m-of-visible-copper-at-ngami-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-asxcbe-hits-12m-of-visible-copper-at-ngami-botswana/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:40:59 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15366 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-asxcbe-hits-12m-of-visible-copper-at-ngami-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/sandfire-detects-substantial-exploration-potential-of-motheo-after-drilling-campaign/ https://yourbotswana.com/sandfire-detects-substantial-exploration-potential-of-motheo-after-drilling-campaign/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:57:31 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15360

SANDFIRE Resources says recent drilling of its Motheo copper prospect in Botswana had demonstrated “substantial exploration potential” of the landholding.…]]>

SANDFIRE Resources says recent drilling of its Motheo copper prospect in Botswana had demonstrated “substantial exploration potential” of the landholding.…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/sandfire-detects-substantial-exploration-potential-of-motheo-after-drilling-campaign/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lse-listed-miner-kavango-resources-reports-exploration-upside-at-ditau-project-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/lse-listed-miner-kavango-resources-reports-exploration-upside-at-ditau-project-in-botswana/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:53:43 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15357

LSE-listed miner Kavango Resources has identified an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) system at its Ditau Project in southwestern Botswana,…]]>

LSE-listed miner Kavango Resources has identified an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) system at its Ditau Project in southwestern Botswana,…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/lse-listed-miner-kavango-resources-reports-exploration-upside-at-ditau-project-in-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-unearths-more-high-grade-copper-at-ngami-in-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-unearths-more-high-grade-copper-at-ngami-in-botswana/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:53:43 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=15245

“These results add weight to our conviction that this area is potentially host to one of the next big copper…]]>

“These results add weight to our conviction that this area is potentially host to one of the next big copper…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/cobre-unearths-more-high-grade-copper-at-ngami-in-botswana/feed/ 0