Khoemacau steps up plans for P9.3bn expansion

Thinking big: Khoemacau plans to double its output by 2026 
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Thinking big: Khoemacau plans to double its output by 2026 PIC: KHOEMACAU MINE

Base metals producer, Khoemacau Copper Mining, is finalising plans for a $700 million (P9.2 billion) expansion of its operations on the Kalahari Copperbelt, with production targetted for 2026.

Khoemacau, currently the country’s sole producer of copper, put out its first concentrate in June 2021 and has now ramped up to full processing capacity of 3.65 million tonnes per annum, which could yield output as high as 65,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate this year.

The company plans to double its production to 130,000 tonnes by 2026, a figure that would put Botswana within the top 30 copper producers in the world. A pre-feasibility study for the expansion has been completed and the company is focussing on a feasibility this year, whose final results are expected in about 18 months.

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