Mine excursion
Debmarine:
Pioneers in ocean mining
Namibia is a world leader in recovering diamonds from the sea, writes
Otto Shikongo, CEO of Debmarine.
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that such a discovery could bring to countries
such as South Africa and the broader region.
In Namibia, we have experienced our
own major success stories when it comes to
extracting marine resources ‒ albeit with a
different mineral and a vastly different means
of recovering these minerals.
This is because Debmarine Namibia
has, for years, pioneered a unique form
of marine diamond recovery which
not only makes up about 70% of the
country’s total diamond production, but
which is also highly environmentally
sustainable.
major oil and gas find off the coast
of Mossel Bay in South Africa
recently has once again highlighted
the incredible wealth of the Southern African
region’s offshore mineral deposits.
Understandably, there has been much focus
on the prospects of the economic development
Debmarine’s employees come from almost all of Namibia’s 14 regions.
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