'Botswana could have up to 8% of world's uranium'

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Botswana has the potential to become a major uranium producer and even rival neighbour Namibia in the coming years, A-Cap Resources Managing Director Andrew Tunks said on Wednesday.

Tunks was speaking at the Botswana Resource Conference held at the GICC at which he also said his company was currently exploring one of the largest places of contained uranium.

"Countries next door to Botswana hold about 15 percent of the world's current uranium resources," he said. "(But) Geology doesn't know boundaries, so Botswana will be the next major uranium producer."

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