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Power brokers 20/06/2017

Quinton Hills to tackle Kraaipan for Laconia

Perth-based junior Laconia Resources, which recently picked up three permits in the Kraaipan area, in southern Botswana, to explore gold, [...]

Exploration-Production 09/05/2017

Alrosa and Botswana Diamonds in Survival’s line of sight Free

British NGO Survival International, at loggerheads with the Botswana government for several years, now has its hackles raised against the [...]

Power brokers 09/05/2017

Filipe Nyusi seeks advice for Kimberley Process certification

A keynote part of Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi’s state visit to Botswana in late April, accompanied by his minister of [...]

Power brokers 25/04/2017

Who is helping Duane Parnham sell its manganese in Germany ?

Canadian junior Giyani Gold Corp, headed by Duane Parnham, and which acquired six new exploration licences in April for the [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 07/02/2017

Dentons helps Lucara Diamond to find a mining contractor

Canada’s Lucara Diamond Corp was assisted by the Dentons law [...]

BUSINESSMEN 07/02/2017

Tsimako presses ahead on Khoemacau copper program

Intent on kicking off production on the Khoemacau copper project in Botswana in 2019, Johannes Tsimako, regional boss of the [...]

Exploration & Production 27/09/2016

MOD Resources waiting for renewal of its copper concessions

The managing director of MOD Resources, Julian Hanna, has got to get the exploration license for his firm’s copper operations [...]

Small-scale mining 28/06/2016

New legislation to stamp out theft of sand

Botswana’s minister for minerals, energy and water resources, Onkokame Kitso [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 28/06/2016

Money and a go-ahead for Letlhakane’s uranium

China’s Jiangsu Chixiang Precision Gear Co clearly thinks A-Cap Resources, [...]

Spotlight Exploration & Production 31/05/2016

The juniors who make hay after Areva fiasco

With the uranium price expected to climb in 2017 explorers are coming into their own in southern Africa and particularly in Namibia where France’s Areva lost well over a billion dollars (AMI 269). The uptick in Japan’s renewed interest in nuclear [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 29/03/2016

ZCI and CEO Tom Kamwendo weighed down by debt Free

Para statal Zambia Copper Investments (ZCI) led by Tom Kamwendo is to lose control of its main asset, Messina Copper [...]

Exploration & Production 05/01/2016

Lundin pampers Lucara Diamond's shareholders

Dividends that Lucara Diamond Corp has been paying its shareholders since February, 2014 are going to become progressive following a [...]

Electricity 22/12/2015

South Korea's Doosan breathes new life into Morupule

Making its debut in southern Africa, the South Korean concern Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has landed a $204 million [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 17/11/2015

MOD Resources snaps up Discovery Metals’ copper

Australia’s MOD Resources has bolstered its position in the Kalahari [...]

BUSINESSMEN 22/09/2015

Navrattan Kothari wants more diamonds

The chairman of India’s KGK Group, Navrattan Kothari, wants to get his hands on more and better quality diamonds in [...]

Exploration & Production 08/09/2015

Gem Diamonds to reach commercial viability later this year.

The second diamond mine operated by Gem Diamonds, Ghaghoo, will [...]

Exploration & Production 25/08/2015

Tsodilo looking for partners for BK16's diamonds

Mike de Wit, chairman of Canada’s Tsodilo Resources, has told Africa Mining Intelligence he is looking to raise funds or [...]

Exploration & Production 07/04/2015

Friedland sibling strikes out on his own in diamond play

After mining magnate Robert Friedland and his son Govind Friedland, active respectively in copper and uranium in Congo-K and Niger, [...]

Who's Who 10/03/2015

Thomson sees rise in uranium price

Once an environmental and social impact study is completed for its uranium project at Letlhakane, the boss of A-Cap Resources, [...]

Gas 03/03/2015

Tlou Energy in coal bed methane play at Lesedi

The Australian junior Tlou Energy has begun the test phase of extracting coal bed methane at Lesedi in eastern Botswana. [...]

Exploration & Production 24/02/2015

Trouble in cutting industry

One of the biggest diamond cutting and polishing companies in [...]

Exploration & Production 09/12/2014

Debswana betting on rise in diamond output

Balisi Bonyongo, general manager of Desbwana, wants to deploy new [...]

BUSINESSMEN 25/11/2014

Back on the job, Mokalla mulls coal

Re-appointed as Botswana’s minerals, Onkokame Kitso Mokalla is going to have to speed up implementation of a development plan for [...]

Electricity 04/11/2014

Miners join forces for power boost

African Energy Resources joined forces with a fellow miner in hopes of investing more in a power scheme. [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 02/09/2014

Samsung lends to Galane Gold

Over two months after retaining Palisade Capital Corp as adviser [...]

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