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U.S global hunt for critical minerals arrives in Botswana

Green partnerships: Kenewendo, Boko, Caner and Bunning at the launch on Tuesday
Green partnerships: Kenewendo, Boko, Caner and Bunning at the launch on Tuesday

Government wants the North-East transformed into a regional metallurgical hub, based on reopened mines in Selebi Phikwe and Francistown. In Matsiloje this week, GCR Corp became the first U.S company in Botswana’s critical mineral’s space. MBONGENI MGUNI & LESEDI MKHUTSHWA report

MATSILOJE: In 2016, a pall of devastation, sorrow and despair fell over the entire North East as a global meltdown in prices sank operations at Tati Nickel and BCL Mine.

For decades, as early as 1959 in the case of BCL, the base metal mines had anchored the economies of Selebi Phikwe and Francistown, providing employment, powering growth and oiling the expansion of downstream activities.

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