Botswana's mines have grown older Milton

JWANENG: The general manager of the Debswana Jwaneng Mine, Albert Milton has said that although the countrys GDP has grown exponentially due to the role played by the diamonds, the mines were worriedly growing older.

Giving a welcome speech at the Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) dinner at the Debswana Club Thursday last week, Milton declared worriedly that the mines were generally getting older, which posed serious challenges to mining.

He demonstrated that the Jwaneng Mine has been 400 metres deep, with the Cut Eight now estimated at about 600 metres deeper and Cut Nine envisaged to go 850 metres deeper.

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