Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs (Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs)

Q1/ Botswana supplies 33% of the world’s rough gem diamonds by value. Could you give us your thoughts on the evolution of your sector for the last years?

A1/ Thank you very much for your interest in Botswana, and particularly your interest in the mineral sector. I must say that we have been lucky in that for many years there was very little activity in the mining sector, of course there has been some minimal activity before independence, you may or you may not know tat gold was first di ...