Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire forge historic mining and energy partnership
4 August 2026 Two African countries seal their first agreement on mining and energy cooperation, deepening plans for exploration, skills…
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Prospecting licences renewed, drilling under way for Power Metal’s Botswana project
7 July 2026 Aim-listed Power Metal Resources says drilling has begun as part of a 1 600 m core drilling programme targeting…
AI spots Botswana copper targets
5 June 2026 Aim- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed copper and diamond exploration company Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-assisted…
AI-assisted exploration analysis identifies copper targets in Botswana
21 May 2026 Aim- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed copper and diamond exploration company Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-assisted…
Botswana Minerals identifies priority base metals targets
21 April 2026 Aim-listed Botswana Minerals says the company is progressing well with its fully funded AI-driven explorationprogramme over licences…
Botswana’s economy shrinks 5.4% in fourth quarter, mainly due to mining
1 April 2026 Botswana’s real gross domestic product shrank 5.4% in year-on-year terms in the fourth quarter of last year, data showed on…
Côte d’Ivoire, Botswana partner to revamp mining sector
21 February 2026 In a significant step towards making mining the second pillar of its national economy, Côte d’Ivoire has…
Botswana enforces new 24% local ownership rule for mines
11 October 2025 Botswana has enforced a new rule requiring mining companies to sell a 24% stake in new concessions…
Sandvik secures mining equipment order for copper mine in Botswana
21 August 2025 The order is valued at approximately Skr450m ($47m). Mining solutions provider Sandvik has secured an order to…
JCHX Botswana awarded underground mining contract at Khoemacau
29 May 2025 The contract for underground mining works at Khoemacau Copper Mine in Botswana was recently signed between JCHX…
MATO Products continues to lead the conveyor belt fastener and cleaner market in Botswana
2 April 2024 Conveyor belt solutions company MATO Products, member of the Multotec Group, is paving the way in the…
Si6 winds up Botswana drilling, nets more nickel-copper
20 December 2023 Si6 Metals has added further impetus to its highly-prospective Botswana precious and base metals play, with its…
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…
Minergy’s profits up 21%
20 September 2023 Minergy, the junior coal miner exulted its first half of the year sales results that were buoyed…
Official Opening of the Motheo Copper Mine
Opening ceremony signals the beginning of a modern, long-life processing hub in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt. Sandfire Resources…
Mount Burgess Mining targets new gallium and germanium exploration within Nxuu deposit, Botswana
10 August 2023 Mount Burgess Mining (ASX:MTB) has reported an exploration target relating to gallium and germanium for its Nxuu…
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded
12 June 2023 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing…
Vision Ridge closes Botswana’s sole iron ore mine
1 June 2023 India’s Yashomann Industries unit Vision Ridge Investments has closed the Ikongwe Mine in Botswana, due to a…
Mining, tourism displace Basarwa
15th May 2023 Some United Nations (UN) member states have expressed concern that mining, tourism and agricultural activities are displacing…
PMR upbeat about its discovery of gold deposits near Francistown
4th May 2023 London-listed exploration company Power Metal Resources (PMR) is upbeat about its discovery of gold deposits near Francistown. …
Kavango finds further evidence of mineralisation at Ditau
Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) said it has identified further evidence of a potential wider mineralised system at the i10 target…
It’s a mine boom in Botswana
At least three mines are expected to open between this year and 2026, Botswana Mining and Energy Conference heard on Wednesday.…
Kavango confirms larger banded-iron formation at Ditau Project in Botswana
Kavango Resources PLC said Friday that it has confirmed an extension to a mineralised banded iron formation at the Ditau…
Botswana warns of dangers in dash for African minerals
African governments must be wary of the risks created by rising global competition for the continent’s minerals, Botswana’s mines minister…
Botswana’s mining practices best in Africa – Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute Annual survey of mining companies 2020 has revealed that Botswana is the most attractive jurisdiction in Africa…
De Beers to stop production at Botswana mine
Debswana, De Beers’ joint venture with Botswana, will pause mining at the Damtshaa deposit for an indefinite period, citing a…