Letlhakane mine

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Letlhakane mine
Location
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Letlhakana mine
District Central District
Country Botswana
Coordinates 21°51′26″S27°12′05″E / 21.8572°S 27.2015°E / -21.8572; 27.2015
Production
Products uranium
Owner
CompanyA-Cap Energy Limited
Website acap.com.au/projects/uranium/

The Letlhakane mine is a planned large uranium mine located in the eastern part of Botswana in Central District. Letlhakane represents one of the largest uranium reserves in Botswana having estimated reserves of 1.04 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.015% uranium. [1]

The mine is owned by the Australia-based A-Cap Energy Limited, which received a mining license in 2016, [2] [3] but currently has the planned development of the mine on hold. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Letlhakane uranium mine" (PDF). acap.com.au. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Australia's A-Cap says to build uranium mine in Botswana". Reuters. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  3. ↑ Cornish, Laura (2016-05-19). "A-Cap receives EIS approval for Letlhakane uranium project". Miningreview.com. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ↑ Report, Special (2021-11-25). "A-Cap Energy ready to restart Letlhakane uranium project in Q1 2022". Stockhead. Retrieved 2022-05-30.


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