Orapa pioneer hopes for another big find in Ngamiland

Manfred Marx was among the group of geologists who discovered Orapa and Letlhakane mines in the late 1960s after a decade long search. Led by Lamont and Gibson, Marx and several other geologists made the discovery that propelled Botswana into the economic sensation it has become and placed the country's name on the world map.

Thirty-eight years after Orapa's commissioning, Marx is confident that another 'Orapa' could be hidden in the sands of western Ngamiland. "Forty-three years ago, I was part of the geologists who first set foot on Orapa," Marx says.