The Kalahari Copperbelt's electrifying new

Sixty years after explorers first noted the “quartz veins rich in copper, silver and lead” in what was then referred to as ‘North Ghanziland’, the Kalahari Copperbelt appears to have lined up all the variables needed for the sustainable unlocking of its secrets.

The 1,000-kilometre stretch of mineral riches running south-west to north-east has been difficult to sustainably extract value from due to, amongst other factors, the remoteness of the area and the subsequent unavailability of key inputs such as power.