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Botswana unveils rare 20-carat blue diamond, the country’s largest ever

Botswana’s state-run Okavango Diamond Company has unveiled what is believed to be the largest blue diamond ever discovered in the southern African country.

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Cupric Canyon secures financing for Khoemacau project in Botswana

A $565m funding package brings Cupric Canyon Capital one step closer to turning its Khoemacau project into a major copper and silver mine in northwestern Botswana.

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Interactive map pinpoints lead battery energy storage installations globally

Lead battery-powered energy storage highlighted by research consortium’s online map.

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Lead battery-powered energy storage highlighted by research consortium’s online map.

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Rapaport proposes diamond industry optimization plan to government of Sierra Leone

Rapaport says the model should guarantee that government diamond revenue provides vital infrastructure to the communities where the diamonds are found.

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Anti-mining activists in South Africa face harassment, death — report

Opponents to mining projects in South Africa are often harassed, threatened and sometimes even killed, according to a report by a group of human rights advocates including Human Rights Watch.

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Avesoro Resources sticks to 2019 guidance, despite gold output drop

The Canadian gold producer churned out 45,098 ounces of the precious metal in the first three months of 2019, flat quarter-on-quarter, but 34% lower than in the same period a year earlier.

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Walkabout Resources’ stock rises as it tees-up Asian off-takers for its graphite

The company has entered its second binding offtake agreement in two weeks, contracting to sell 10,000 tonnes of large and jumbo flake graphite concentrate to a private company in China.

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Ivanhoe execs brief DRC President on the progress of massive copper project

The Canadian miner briefed Félix Tshisekedi during his official state visit to Washington, D.C.

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