From Mowana to Kopano Mine – forever changing hands

8th April 2022. By Sunday Standard Reporter. Mowana Mine has changed the business name from Mowana to Kopano Mine, however the mining licence remains unchanged under Leboam Holdings (Pty) Ltd. This is according to minister responsible for minerals mining – Lefoko Moagi. Moagi was responding to a question from the Nata/Gweta …

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Botswana | SpringerLink

The Matsitama Metasedimentary Group of rocks has a complex history of formation, metamorphosis, and deformation, such that the copper mineralization at surface is patchy throughout this large area, which is reflected in the dispersed distribution of small prehistoric mines (Fig. 1; Molyneux and Reinecke 1983). An exception is the Thakadu …

Major Mines & Projects | Kopano (Mowana) Mine

Cradle Arc Plc ("the Company") was the shareholder of Cradle Arc Investments PTY Limited ("CAI"). CAI is the parent company of Leboam Holdings (Pty) Ltd., the owner of the Mowana mine. During the course of the Liquidation, the Joint Liquidators were contracted by a party interested in acquiring the Company's shareholding in CAI.

Botswana Canadians dig into Botswana's copper market

The Mowana copper mine, located just next to Matsitama, has also recently been acquired from ZCI by Dutch financier Gregory Elias 's company Max Power. It had been placed in provisional receivership in 2018 (AI, 10/13/21 ). The Mowana mine was also part of African Copper's assets in Botswana that were placed in receivership from 2015.

Kenneth Masogo

General Manager responsible for all African Copper operations in Botswana under Messina Copper Botswana subsidiary. The role involved managing production of copper concentrate through the Mowana processing plant with ore sourced from Mowana and Thakadu open pit mines for the short term; and overseeing studies aimed at moving towards underground …

African Copper PLC | Mining Business Media

African Copper lifted June quarter (Q1 FY15) from its Mowana openpit mine in Botswana to 2,703 metric tonnes of copper in concentrate, up from 2,515t in the March quarter. Acting CE Jordan Soko says new mining contractor Diesel Power is reducing its waste stripping backlog and more stable operations at the Mowana plant will position it to ...

African Copper secures another working capital from ZCI

African Copper, the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) quoted mining outfit, said it has secured an additional loan of USD2.0 million (about P15 million) from its controlling shareholder ZCI Limited (ZCI). Marketwire reported that the purpose of the new loan is to provide the company with further working capital for its Mowana Mine facilities.

African Copper plc : ("African Copper", "the Company" or …

African Copper plc, today announces preliminary audited results for the year ending 31 March 2013. ... ("BSE") under the symbol "African Copper". The Mowana mine, owned by the Company's subsidiary Messina Copper Botswana (Pty) Limited ("Messina") is located close to Botswana's second largest city, Francistown, in the north …

TOP 10 LEADERS in mining #4: Johan Ferreira

Johan Ferreira has been at the helm of Khoemacau Copper Mining since May 2017. ... the privately owned Khoemacau copper project is situated on the Kalahari Copperbelt and forms part of a 4 040 km² land package that Khoemacau Copper Mining owns. Download the 2022 edition of Mining Elites in Africa now. Delivering as …

African Copper Plc New Resource Estimate for Dukwe Project …

African Copper Plc ("African Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of comprehensive updated mineral resource estimates for the Dukwe Project completed by independent consultants Caracle Creek International Consulting ("CCIC") (See Tables 1 and 2 below). ... The Company is planning to develop its first copper …

Some Mowana Mine creditors yet to be paid

Some Mowana Mine creditors yet to be paid Mine was taken over by Kopano Mining Mineworker­s paid P17 million - ... Following the merger of African Copper Plc and Zambian Copper Investment ( ZCI), the mine was restructur­ed to Messina Copper Botswana ( MCB). Moagi said being a marginal operation MCB was not spared …

Leadership profile: Johan Ferreira

August 12, 2021. If one could identify a single individual as being the driving force behind the US$397 million Khoemacau copper/silver project in Botswana's 'Kalahari Copperbelt', it must surely be mining veteran Johan Ferreira. He has directed the development of the project since 2017 when he joined Cupric Canyon Capital, the project ...

Description of Mowana Mining Project

4.2.2 Description of Mowana Mining Project. The Mowana Mine Project is African Copper owned. This is because the mineral rights in the Dugwi area are attributable to African Copper through its subsidiary Mortbury, a British Corporation, and Messina Copper Botswana, a company registered in Botswana (Carracle Creek International …

African Copper PLC

The Company is currently commercializing its first copper mine at the Mowana Mine (formerly named the Dukwe Project) and holds permits in exploration properties at the …

African Copper re-starts in Botswana

Secondary crusher at Mowana mine, which is due to re-open soon London, England — MININGREVIEW — 14 August 2009 – AIM-listed African Copper Plc has posted a first-half profit aided by a reversal of impairment, and said it was restarting operations at its Mowana mine in Botswana, and was confident about the future.. In a …

AFRICAN COPPER PLC FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR …

profit from mining operations of US$13.7 million (2012: Loss of US$4.6 million). • At the Mowana Mine, the plant processed an average of 66,825 tonnes ore per month (2012: of 61,577 Mt). • 801,901 tonnes of ore were processed this year, a 9% increase from last year (2012: 738,921 Mt).

Botswana, Netherlands

Max Power is working with Mowana's liquidator on plans to recapitalise the mine in order to restart production. PNR's recently acquired BCL mines are expected to take at least three years to revive, but …

Mauritian MP Mining closing in on Mowana Copper Mine …

Mowana Copper Mine was first developed by African Copper Limited after being awarded a 25 year mining licence in 2006. ... African Copper ran the mine until filing for liquidation in 2015 after copper prices in the international base metal commodity market plummeted to record low levels. ... Cradle Arc PLC reopened the mine with a conditional ...

African Copper PLC

African Copper PLC. Minerals & Mining · United Kingdom · 75 Employees. ... owns the rights to the adjacent Thakadu-Makala deposits and holds permits in exploration properties at the Matsitama Project. The Mowana Mine is located in the north-eastern portion of Botswana and the Matsitama Project is contiguous to the southern boundary of the ...