Govt shifts beneficiation focus to base metals

Friday, August 08, 2014

MAUN: Government is in the process of formulating a base metals beneficiation strategy. Giving a keynote address at the Base Metals Beneficiation Workshop in Maun recently, the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resourses (MMEWR) Kitso Mokaila, said efforts are on course to achieve a sustainable base metals beneficiation industry in Botswana.

The base metals beneficiation would create employment and fuel economic growth and diversification, said the minister.

Mokaila revealed that Botswana has five base metals mines while there are a number of prospecting projects that are ongoing.

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