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BOTSWANA
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Smelters / refineries |
Quarries |
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Zambia COUNTRY INFO
Capital : Gaborone Area : 581 730km ² Time zone : UTC + 2 ISO code : BW Currency : Pula Official languages : Setswana , Sekalanga , Shekgalagadi and English Minerals : Diamonds , cobalt , coal , copper , diamonds , gold , iron ore , manganese , nickel , platinum group metals , precious metals , silver , uranium , salt , soda ash and potash .
Xaudum Iron Ore Project
Zimbabwe
Mabesekwa Coal Independent Power Project ( MCIPP )
Namibia
Motheo Copper Mine Kalahari Copper Belt ( KCB )
Kihabe - Nxuu Project
Explorations in area : Cuprum , Kalahari Copperbelt Exploration , Virgo Project
A4 Dome
Explorations in area : Kitlanya East & West Copper Projects , Ghanzi West Copper Silver Project - ( Kara / Korong / Tau ), Virgo Copper Project
Khoemacau Mine
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The Kalahari Copper Project- ( KCB )
Kalahari Copperbelt Projects
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Sua Pan |
The South |
Okavango & Ngami Copper Projects |
Orapa Licences
( PL206 , PL207 & PL210 )
Dm
BK 16 Project
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The Sua Pan Project
Motloutse
River
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Project Area |
T3 Expansion Project |
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Project |
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Karowe Diamond Mine Expansion Project
Botswana ( Orapa Area F )
Malatswae Diamond Project
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Letlhakane
Uranium
Project
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Ni |
Au |
Mines in area : Orapa Mine , |
Kukama East Project ( KX36 ) |
Letlhakane Mine , Damtshaa |
Sechaba Mine and Independent Power Project |
Diamond Mines and Karowe Mine |
Rehoboth Project |
Morupule Coal Mine |
Gope Licences ( PL135 , PL136 , PL136 / 2015 ) |
Ghaghoo Diamond Mine |
Morupule South Mine |
Kalahari Copper Belt
Botswana North East Gold Project
Sunnyside
C
Projects in area : Mabesekwa Coal Resources , Ditau Camp Project
Selkirk Nickel Mine
Selebi-Phikwe
Tati Greenstone Belt
Francistown Quarry
Mmadinare Project
The Limpopo Mobile Belt
Kalahari Suture Zone
Serowe CSG Project
Jwaneng Diamond Mine Kraaipan Project
Strata Africa Botswana Exploration Projects
Dm
Masama Coal Mine
Kgale Quarries
GABORONE
Tsabong North Project
Molopo Farms Project
K . Hill Machaneng South Project
Jwaneng South Project
Lobatse
South Africa
Otse
GEOLOGICAL SUMMARY
• Rocks of Archean age dominate in the east and southeast .
• Proterozoic orogenic belts , mostly concealed beneath Karoo rocks , young progressively westwards away from the Archean rocks .
• Karoo strata deposited within the Kalahari Basin underlie central region , whereas in the north and northwest lithologies of Meso- and Neoproterozoic age occur .
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