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The government of Botswana seems to be with what diamond miner, De Beers are doing in the country as the two parties are said to be in talks to renew the contract. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said that his government is in negotiations with De Beers to renew a sales …

Botswana Diamond seems to be making rapid progress at its Marsfontein Mine as it recovered its first diamonds within two weeks of the mining permit granted, this is according to the company Chairman John Teeling. Botswana Diamonds were granted a mining permit for diamond-bearing gravels and residual unprocessed stockpiles around …

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has revealed that his government has developed a Diamond Benefication strategy that will allow citizens to participate in the diamond value chain. The recently elected head of state said his government is in the process of ensuring that citizens are actively involved in the diamond industry for …

Lucara Diamonds’ underground development at Karowe diamond mine in Botswana is set to receive a massive boost as a new feasibility study confirmed that it could double the mine life operation. Open-pit mining at the operation is expected to last until mid-2025. According to the company, for a pre-production capital …

Windhoek/Gaborone – The mining sector in the region is facing the severest stress witnessed in a long time which will see thousands of workers losing their jobs and a situation that could strain the revenue streams of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, whose projected economic growth for the …

TOMRA and its XRT ore sorting technology have helped Lucara Diamond Corp recover high-value diamonds at their Botswana operation. Lucara Diamond Corp owns the Karowe Diamond Mine. “What we realised in looking at the diamonds that resulted from that work is that many of them were actually broken. “When production …

Bank of Botswana Governor Moses Palaelo has attributed the lower increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to decline in the local mining output. According to the Governor, the lower increase is due to the significant reduction in the growth of diamond output from11.8 per cent to a mere one per …

Kavango Resources announced recently that core and reverse circulation drilling on its Kalahari Suture Zone Project (KSZ), in Botswana, had intersected a high-level gabbroic intrusive at 53 m from surface in one of the holes (RIT50) drilled. The 1 000 m drilling programme is designed to test the company’s exploration …

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds (BOD) shared details of its areas of focus and strategy for the near future with the media recently. This includes the ramp-up of its South African Marsfontein operation, which produced its first diamonds from gravels and residual stockpiles, earlier this week. The company intends to start a …