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Mowana copper mine (Dukwe Mine), Tutume Subdistrict, Central District, Botswanai
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Mowana copper mine (Dukwe Mine)Mine
Tutume SubdistrictDistrict
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BotswanaCountry

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20° 30' 45'' South , 26° 35' 56'' East
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Dukwe2,037 (2013)20.5km
Mosetse1,780 (2013)26.9km
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Resource: 72,093,000 tonnes containing 686,000 tonnes Cu in the Measured and Indicated categories at an average grade of 0.94 per cent. Cu and a further 99,778,000 tonnes containing 758,000 tonnes Cu grading at 0.76 per cent. Cu in the Inferred category.

Commissioned in 2008 by African Copper PLC. Closed in 2015 due to depressed copper prices.

Re-opened by Cradle Arc PLC in 2017.

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