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British junior miner Gem Diamonds has announced recovery of high quality 202 carat diamond in Lesotho. According to the company the D colour Type IIa diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho is the seventh diamond of over 100 carats to be recovered to date in 2017 from Letšeng. Letseng is the highest …

Debmarine has announced plans to construct the world’s largest custom-built diamond mining vessel. The new vessel projected to cost approximately US$142 million (N$2 billion), is expected to commence operations in 2021. According to De Beers, the ship will work alongside five other mining vessels in the Debmarine Namibia fleet, enhancing …

Government has granted Walkabout Resources a second Lithium exploration prospecting licence EPL6308, in the highly prospective and under-explored Orange River Pegmatite Belt. “The team has been working very hard at securing these premium unexplored licences with 27 kilometres of known pegmatite swarms running through them. Our intention is to assemble …