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MODERN MINING
June 2015
EVENTS
Miners
meet in
Gaborone
Botswana’s Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources,
Onkokame Kitso Mokaila, at the podium.
The scene in the conference hall at the Gaborone International Convention Centre.
Balisi Bonyongo, MD of Debswana Diamond
Company, updated delegates on the group’s
current activities and future plans.
Paul Day, COO of Lucara Diamond Corp, gave a
presentation on the company’s very successful
Karowe diamond mine in central Botswana.
Maureen Mokgaotsane, Project Manager, Petra
Diamonds Botswana, presented on Petra’s
exploration programme in Botswana, which
has already delivered the very promising Kx36
kimberlite.
Reflecting the depressed conditions in mining
throughout Southern Africa, the recent Botswana
Resource Sector Conference – held in Gaborone
on 9-10 June – was slightly subdued in character
compared to previous events but nevertheless
attracted a healthy turnout of approximately 320
delegates. We will be reporting in detail on the
conference and on Botswana’s mining sector in our
next issue. In the meantime, these photos – taken by
Modern Mining’s
Bennie Venter and Arthur Tassell –
will give readers a flavour of the event.