Botswana : LETLHAKANE Uranium
Letlhakane uranium project, Botswana.
The proposed project invovles the construction of Botswana’s first uranium mine in Letlhakane. A scoping study conducted on the Letlhakane site has confirmed a resource of 280-million tons, at 158 parts per million uranium oxide (U3O8) for 44 500 t of contained concentrate. The study concluded that the shallow-lying ore will be extracted by conventional openpit mining equipment under a typical mining contract, where the contractor assumes responsibility for all earth works to the point at which run-of-mine production is delivered to the crushers.
The crushed ore will be staked on a purpose-designed leach pad. Alkaline heap leaching, solvent extraction and ion exchange will then recover the U3 O8. Site power will be sourced through a new 10-km power line connection to the Botswana state grid at the switch station in Serule. The water will be sourced from a borefield development into aquifers within the exploration tenement. This has yet to be verified.
The proposed project will cost an estimated $169-million. Duration The company plans to apply for a mining licence from the government of Botswana in early 2010. The plan is to bring the mine into production by 2011.
Contact details for project information :
A-Cap Resources (Australia), tel +61 3 9813 5888 or fax +61 3 9813 2668.
Email : info@a-cap.com.au