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Debswana Mining Company has revealed that it has terminated a $1.3 billion contract with a unit of Australia’s Thiess to extend the lifespan of its Jwaneng diamond mine and will carry out the project in-house. Debswana, which owned by De Beers and the Botswana government, declined to provide a reason …

Following the completion of a positive definitive feasibility study (DFS) on a base case 3.2-million-tonne-a-year operation, with “clear visibility” to expand rapidly to a 5.2-million-tonne-a-year operation, ASX-listed Sandfire Resources has decided to proceed with the $259-million development of the T3 Motheo copper/silver project, in Botswana. It has appointed Lycopodium to …

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Botswana Diamonds has revealed that the acquisition of Sekaka, the exploration vehicle belonging to the embattled rival Petra Diamonds (LON: PDL) and holding three prospecting licenses in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve of the world, had been completed. Sekaka had identified the KX36 kimberlite pipe in one of its licenses, …

Botswana Diamonds has reported that the Sekaka Prospecting License holding the KX36 high-grade kimberlite pipe has been extended to 30 September 2022 for a further two years. It also emerged that all the requirements for the acquisition of Sekaka Diamonds, as previously announced on 20 July 2020, have now been …

Base metals have climbed this month on signs of progress in developing a drug to combat Covid-19, which would help economies reopen and global growth recover. But there are still immediate fears that fresh lockdowns – especially in the US – could bring renewed pressure on economic activity. The Trump …

AIM and BSE-listed diamond explorer Botswana Diamonds say a number of geophysical techniques and technologies were applied including gravity, electromagnetics, magnetics and ground-penetrating radar at Marsfontein project in South Africa. D Drilling has commenced on the Thorny River and Marsfontein project areas in South Africa, out of the ten areas …

Southern Africa’s mining, like other economic sectors, was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as nations enforced lockdowns to curb the spread of the disease. However, with mixed fortunes experienced in 2020, a year afflicted by the latest coronavirus pandemic, the region’s mining sector is expected to perform better in …

The Khoemacau Mine is set to be the only copper operational mine in diamond-rich Botswana after two other copper mines were placed under liquidation. The country’s newest and only operational copper mine is expected to start production in 2021 with annual output building to 60,000 tonnes of concentrate, its executive …

The reasons for Debswana’s plans to close its Damtshaa mine in 2021 for three years have been cited as disturbances from the COVID-19 pandemic. Debswana (a subsidiary of De Beer Groups), the diamond mining giant, has announced the closure of one of its Botswana mines for 3 years. According to …