Mupane Mine safe as gold becomes investors' bulwark

The only gold mining company in Botswana, Mupane Gold, could benefit from the global recession as investors resort to buying gold as a safe haven against the financial crisis, pushing the commodity's prices up during 2009.

Business Week is reliably informed that Mupane Mine, which is located near Matsiloje in the North East District, continues to operate at full production and has no plans to lay off workers, a far cry from nearby Tati Nickel mines.

Despite a poor outlook for the near-term, analysts expect gold to have a stellar year in 2009, though the price rise is unlikely to be exponential.

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