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source: Mining Weekly
By: Chanel Pringle
Published on 16th May 2008

Base-metals exploration company African Copper on Friday said its Mowana mine, in Botswana, would start production in the second quarter of this year, which would change the junior explorer into a copper producer.

Cold commissioning of the mine was now ongoing, with the ramp-up to production to start in June or July, and the first shipment due in July.

The company, which is trilisted on the Aim, TSX and BSX, reported that the Mowana mine’s total openpit proven and probable reserves had been estimated at 14,8-million tons grading at 1,11% copper.

Production at Mowana, which had an expected seven years life-of-mine for the openpit with potential future expansion, was expected to [continue reading]