Mowana, Botswana
Key Data:
Producer of
Copper
Location
North-east Botswana, South Africa
Ownership
Under licence from the Botswana government
Geology Type
Sedimentary basin
Mineral Type
Oxide, supergene and sulphide ores
Reserve Base
87.67Mt at 0.71% (M&I Resources), including 14.8Mt at 1.11% (P&P reserves in the open pit)
Annual Production
From 5,500t in 2008 to 29,000t in 2012
Mining Method
Open pit with potential for future underground expansion
Processing Method
Crushing, flotation and filtering of the concentrates
Employment
175
Key Equipment:
Open Pit
Predominantly Komatsu – 2 × DM 30 drill rigs, 14 ×785 dump trucks, 3 × D275 and 2 × 375 dozers, PC1250 excavator, WA800 and 430 front-end loaders, WA 430 tyre handler, PC300 excavator, GD825 grader,
2 × DK25 drill rigs and 3 × PC3000 face shovels
Processing Plant
Senet-designed flowsheet; primary crusher: Osborn Telsmith 36×48 double toggle jaw crusher; secondary and tertiary crushers: Osborn Telsmith 44H and 68H; FFE overflow mill; Bateman sulphide and oxide float cells
Engineering Contractor
RSV Engineering Inc
