Botswana ranks first in Africa for mining

This marks the fifth year in a row Botswana has been ranked first in Africa since 2005/06.

Released last week, the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2009/10 represents the views of 670 mining executives operating in the 72 jurisdictions and representing the cream of exploration, development and mining entities. The respondents, from every continent except Antarctica, were asked to rank countries on 15 performance indicators, aggregating responses to an overall index.  This year, Quebec, a Canadian province, grabbed top honours with an overall aggregate score of 96.7, followed by New Brunswick (Canadian province), Finland, Alberta (Canadian province) and Nevada (American state). Other jurisdictions in the top ten include Chile, South Australia and several other Canadian states.