Defying the downturn, the Botswana Resource Sector Conference
held in Gaborone on 10-11 June, attracted 397 delegates,
apparently the most in the eleven-year history of the event.
On page 26 of this issue we review the presentations given on
Botswana’s emerging copper-mining industry and in next month’s
issue we’ll be looking at some of the other commodities covered,
such as diamonds, coal and iron ore. In the meantime, this spread
of photographs will give our readers a flavour of the event, which
is Botswana’s premier mining conference . The photos were taken
by
Modern Mining’s
Bennie Venter and Arthur Tassell.
Simon Jones and Aishling Fagan of First Quan-
tumMinerals. Jones delivered a presentation on
First Quantum’s exploration programme in north-
west Botswana.
Seated in this photo are (from left) Tore Horvei of Nor Consult, Matthews Bagopi of Morupule Colliery, Mark Major of Hodges Resources and Dr Frazier Tabeart
of African Energy Resources. At the lectern is Noel Halgreen, the newly appointed MD of Kimberley Diamonds, the company which owns the Lerala diamond
mine in Botswana.
Kelennetse Chilambampani (left), Acting Sales
Manager North, and Wame Tshaila, Marketing
Manager, of Botswana Ash.
Noel Halgreen, MD of Kimberley
Diamonds.
Charles Siwawa, CEO of the
Botswana Chamber of Mines.
Dr Mike de Wit, President and CEO
of Tsodilo Resources.
Record
turnout for
Botswana
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MODERN MINING
June 2014
