Tsodilo Resources has completed a non-brokered private placement, raising gross proceeds of C$900,000 through the issuance of 4.5 million units at a subscription price of C$0.20 per unit. The funds will be directed towards advancing the company’s Xaudum Iron Formation critical minerals and rare earth elements project in Botswana, with …

UMOE Advanced Composites (UAC), a global supplier of large Type IV glass fibre pressure gas storage and transportation modules, has reached a key operational milestone with the first composite cylinders rolling off the production line at its new manufacturing facility in Jiaxing, marking the start of industrial production at the …

The Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Joy Kenewendo has concluded a week of high-level engagements in New York aimed at reinforcing Botswana’s standing as the world’s leading source of responsibly mined natural diamonds and deepening ties across the global jewellery industry. The United States is the single largest and …

Botswana has been stripped of a notch on its sovereign credit rating as S&P Global Ratings warned that the country’s deep dependence on diamonds is extracting a heavier and more prolonged toll than previously anticipated. The ratings agency lowered Botswana’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘BBB-‘ …

The Eastport Critical Minerals Corp. (TSXV: EVI; OTCQB: EVIIF) has expanded its drilling programme at the Foley Uranium Project in Botswana after Phase 1 results revealed a mineralised system considerably larger than initially anticipated. The project sits immediately north of Lotus Resources’ Letlhakane deposit, one of the world’s largest undeveloped …

GABORONE – The Government of Botswana is aggressively accelerating its economic diversification agenda, positioning the agricultural sector as the primary engine to shield the national economy from the volatility of global diamond markets. Under the Botswana Economic Transformation Programme (BETP), the landlocked nation aims to triple agriculture’s contribution to Gross …

In workshops, plants and pits across Southern Africa, the craft of machinery maintenance is changing faster than many teams can keep up with. Ever-tightening production targets, increasingly complex asset fleets, and the rising cost of getting maintenance wrong all contribute to industrial inefficiency. Often, the people charged with keeping mission-critical …

A junior miner with an unusually large footprint on one of southern Africa’s most prospective greenstone belts is preparing to put its geological thesis to the test. One Bullion (TSXV: OBUL; OTCPL: OBULF) is weeks away from launching geophysical surveys across its Maitengwe and Vumba projects in Botswana, with each …

Liberia’s iron ore production is expected to triple in 2026 as expansion projects led by ArcelorMittal gather pace, marking one of the most significant scale-ups in the country’s post-war mining history. The Minister of Mines and Energy Matenokay Tingban revealed recently that output could reach 30 million metric tonnes this …

Serval Resources has officially launched its maiden 2026 exploration campaign on License PL061/2021 within Botswana’s prolific Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB), signaling a strategic ramp-up in the hunt for sediment-hosted copper-silver mineralisation. The move, sanctioned by Kalahari Copper Limited (KCL), serves as a pivotal operational milestone in Serval’s proposed acquisition of …