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Having satisfied the conditions precedent in terms of an earlier Heads of Agreement (HoA), Galileo Resources has completed the acquisition of 100% of Botswana- incorporated Crocus-Serv. Crocus’s assets include 21 exploration prospecting licences (PLs), 19 of which are in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) and two of which …

Set to help mine planners, designers prepare prospective regions accurately MICROMINE has expanded its suite of intuitive mine planning tools which will be available in a significant upgrade pack to be released next month, the company has revealed. The software specialist, which is a market leader in mine design and …

De Beers Group has donated a PCR testing machine worth 1.7 million pula to the Ministry of Health and Wellness.   Receiving the donation at the National Health Laboratory recently, the Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Lemogang Kwape thanked Debeers for the good gesture saying the machine will help …

Government has Kenmare resources environmental, social and health impact assessment (ESHIA) for the purpose-built road to Pilivili at Moma Titanium Minerals Mine. As part of its growth strategy to increase production to 1.2 million tonnes per annum of ilmenite from 2021, Kenmare is relocating its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) B …

Rio Tinto has approved a $749 million (A$1 billion) investment in its existing Greater Tom Price operations to help sustain the production capacity of its world-class iron ore business in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The investment in the Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 (WTS2) mine will facilitate mining of …

First Quantum Minerals (FQM) believes the private sector investment in renewable energy will inevitably play an increasingly important role in meeting the country’s energy deficit. Speaking before a Parliamentary Committee on Energy, FQM Head of Government Affairs John Gladston said it was clear that the energy crisis has been created …

Russian companies have offered African countries solutions based on the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to boost mining production. The offers follow the realisation that traditional means are becoming increasingly expensive, with productivity falling due to technical maintenance costs, unreliable equipment, reactive troubleshooting, a lower equipment utilisation …

Botswana believes that the Energy Resource Governance Initiative (ERGI) is the key to strengthen the country’s mining sector. Botswana recently joined the ERGI, an initiative meant to support the discovery and development of mineral reserves of strategic metals used to make battery electric vehicles. “As a Botswana based manganese developer …

Mining production in Botswana decreased by 8.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the second quarter of 2018, the latest statistics released by the Statistics Botswana reveal. Announcing the latest production figures, Statistician-General, Dr Burton Mguni said the main contributor to this reduction in the index …

Botswana has identified Jwaneng Mine Cut 9 as an outlet which is set to create jobs for the citizens when the mine becomes fully operational. According to President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, the execution of the Jwaneng Mine Cut 9 commenced in April 2019 and would extend the life of the …