Botswana's largest copper mine commissioned

At such a production rate, Boseto which was built at a cost of P1.2 billion, is the country's largest copper mine, overtaking BCL (25,000 tonnes) and African Copper's Mowana Mine (5,000 tonnes).In a statement, Discovery said milling, flotation and production of copper-silver concentrate is expected this month with open pit mining from the Zeta deposit progressively ramping up with the last 350 tonne excavator scheduled for delivery to site in July. 

"Commissioning has commenced within the timeline communicated to shareholders in 2010. We are now focused on bringing the plant to design production rate as quickly as possible. Given that the company was only awarded the Boseto Mining licence in December 2010, the efforts of all involved to construct this project within 18 months deserve to be recognised," Discovery Metals managing director, Brad Sampson stated.