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The Department of Mines is dedicated to ensuring that mineral resources are prospected, developed, and exploited sustainably. It aims to enhance socio-economic and financial benefits to Botswana from mineral exploitation and oversees compliance with all relevant legislation related to prospecting and mining activities.
Botswana's diamond industry is very important to its economy. [3] Since the discovery of diamonds in Botswana in the late 1960s in the Orapa diamond mine, [8] these precious gemstones have played a very important role in shaping the nation's economics. The industry is mainly managed by the government and De Beers in a company called Debswana. [5]
This list of mines in Botswana is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Jwaneng means "a place of gems", [5] and the Jwaneng mine means "where a small stone is found" in Setswana. [6] The mine is owned by Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana. [4] It commenced operations in 1982. [2] The mine owns and operates the local Jwaneng Mine Hospital, Acacia Primary School, and Jwaneng ...
When the mineral wealth of the area was discovered in the 1960s a mine and a township were built in the woodland between the places with the combined name of Selebi-Phikwe. The main source of employment was the BCL Limited mine which excavated and smelted mixed copper-nickel ore from several shafts in deep and opencast mines. The opencast pit ...
List of mines in Botswana This page was last edited on 19 December 2021, at 06:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
A 2,492-carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana's famed Karowe mine this week by Canada's Lucara Diamond, one of the largest stones ever.. Lucara Diamond, in a news release Wednesday, said the ...
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