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Lucara execs leave, HB founder returns

Grinding on: Karowe’s next phase of operations will be underground PIC: LUCARADIAMOND.COM
Grinding on: Karowe’s next phase of operations will be underground PIC: LUCARADIAMOND.COM

Lucara's Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary have handed in their resignations, just over a month since CEO, Eira Thomas, left her post.

The development comes five days after Lucara's new CEO, William Lamb, announced the termination of the miner's 10 year agreement with HB Antwerp under which the Belgian firm buys, polishes and sells Lucara's rough diamonds.

In yet another local diamond industry development, HB Antwerp, today announced that it has made peace with Oded Mansori, the co-director it kicked out last month.

Meanwhile, De Beers yesterday signed a firm deal with government for 25yr mining leases and a 10yr agreement to sell diamonds from the Debswana mines.

Mmegi"s print edition will have all the insights and analysis this Friday

Editor's Comment
BGCSE results: A call for gov't to act

The Botswana Examination Council (BEC) released the BGCSE results for students who sat for Form 5 examinations in 2024.Whilst initially BEC released that only 3,673 candidates scored 36 points and above, the number was corrected to 6,521 during a press conference, which was held on Friday at the BEC boardroom.The set cut-off for government sponsorship is 36 points and sadly this means that only 6,521 will be eligible for the support and the...

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