Sese coal project gets key mining licence

Government has awarded a mining licence to African Energy’s Sese joint venture coal project in the Central district marking a key step towards setting up Botswana’s second independent coal mine and power station.

The Sese coal project becomes only the third coal mining licence holder in the country after Morupule Coal Mine and Jindal’s Mmamabula project. 

Announcing the milestone, African Energy said the mining licence covers an area of 51.47 square kilometres and contains 650 million tonnes (mt) of raw coal in Measured and Indicated resources.

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