Botswana is accelerating efforts to diversify its mining sector beyond diamonds due to softening global diamond demand.
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Botswana's mining industry has been diamond-focused, but we are now stimulating expansion in copper, facilitating manganese projects, and exploring platinum, chrome, and gold belts.
What is the timeline for moving from exploration to discovery and investment in these projects?
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The government is starting an exploration company to create a database for investors, aiming to see new mines or working mines between now and 2028.
What are the regulatory hindrances, and are past agreements with mining companies informing current strategy?
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We are allowing small-scale mining, introducing carbon credits and renewable energy certificates to help mines be carbon-neutral and generate their own electricity.