Mining Magazine June 2014 | Page 137

Mining

Key Personnel

Jeremy Read Chairperson
Boseto Copper Project
Going underground The Botswanan government granted approval for the first of three expansion projects at Boseto in April , giving the go ahead for the proposed commencement of the Zeta underground mine , which will produce around 1.5 million tonnes at 1.3 percent copper per annum .
The mine has ore reserves of roughly 7.3 million tonnes , also including significant reserves of silver .
In a company press release , CEO Bob Fulker said : “ These are exciting times for Discovery Metals which will allow the development of our underground mining programme to progress and is consistent with the new overall strategic direction of the company to develop
Ribson Gabonowe Non-Executive Dir .
Russell Luxford Non-Executive Dir .
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