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Gov't works on critical minerals strategy

Looking forward: Kenewendo PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Looking forward: Kenewendo PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Minerals and Energy minister, Bogolo Kenewendo, says the country is working on a critical minerals strategy which includes the associated value chain, in order to prepare itself for the next 'wave of mining' in the country.

Speaking virtually at the Brookings Institute 'Foresight Africa 2025–2030' event held in Washington DC on Wednesday, Kenewendo said it was important that Africa, which hosts an estimated 30% of the world’s critical minerals, prepare itself.

The minister addressed the meeting after President Duma Boko gave a keynote address in which he laid out how Botswana had been able to escape the 'Resource Curse' and had become the global example of prudent minerals policy development and management.

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