Media to join Kedikilwe on mine project tour

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FRANCISTOWN: The media will join the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Ponatshego Kedikilwe on a tour of multi-million projects at Debswana's oldest mines, Orapa and Letlhakane, on Friday morning.

The Managing Director of Debswana Blackie Marole and other top managers of the mining parastatal will also go on the tour that will cover the construction site of the P850-million Orapa Power Station and a storm water dam.

"In view of the current national power shortage (that is) envisaged to continue beyond 2010, Debswana has responded by commissioning a 90-megawatt power plant in Orapa," says a press statement released by Orapa-based Debswana public and corporate affairs manager, Kesego Kebelaele.

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