Botswana Mining Review Comprehensive Coverage of the Progress and Achievements in the Mining Sector

Botswana Diamonds has drilled two holes at depths of 67 m and 61 m, respectively, with one of them intersecting 4 m of kimberlite from about 54 m to 58 m depth at its Marsfontein project, in Botswana. The objective of the company’s latest drilling campaign was to test a …

Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration (KKME) has also received written confirmation from the country’s Department of Environmental Affairs that the environmental management plan (EMP) has now been approved. The EMP covers planned drilling operations at the Molopo Farms Complex (MFC) project and represents the last formal regulatory step prior to the …

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds seeks to raise £300 000 to fund ongoing exploration activities in Botswana and South Africa this year, as well as for additional working capital. The company has arranged a placing with existing and new investors to raise the funds through the issue of 50-million new ordinary shares. …

The Botswana government has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed its negotiations with the diamond miner, De Beers. The government said there was no guarantee that it would be able to renew a new 10-year sales agreement with De Beers before the end of December, when the current one …

The subsequent decline in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) due to the drop in the production of diamonds makes it more imperative for Botswana to diversify its economy from mining. Rough diamond production decreased by 27 per cent to 11,3 million carats in the first half of 2020. This …