Namibia overtakes Botswana as top mining destination
Friday, March 13, 2015
According to the 2014 Fraser Institute Survey released this week, Botswana has slipped two places down the rankings to position 26 while Namibia has improved to 25 from 34 in 2013.
The survey, which is compiled from opinions of 4200 mining executive globally in 122 jurisdictions, is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect exploration investment.
‘A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle’.- George William CurtisAccording to the report carried in this publication, the fraudsters operating the so-called “dark fleet” have selected Botswana’s flag as their cover of choice. This is a direct assault on our country’s most valuable asset, the good name.For decades, Botswana has...