Illegal Mining Hits Botswana

Monday, October 31, 2016

FRANCISTOWN: Illegal mining of gold, which is common in old and dangerous disused mines in South Africa fueled mainly by poverty, has finally hit Botswana.

On Friday, three unemployed men from Kwekwe in Zimbabwe and a local from Nlaqhwane, pleaded guilty to unlawful prospecting of minerals without a permit or licence.

The state alleges that the illegal gold panners Aphinos Nhamo, Elliot Chihwedere, Talent Munzari - who are all from Zimbabwe - and Marko Mbokodo on June 24 at or near Albert’s farm near Matsiloje were found prospecting for unwrought gold without a prospecting permit or licence.

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Illegal Mining Hits Botswana

FRANCISTOWN: Illegal mining of gold, which is common in old and dangerous disused mines in South Africa fueled mainly by poverty, has finally hit Botswana.

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