The Phoenix mine is a large

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in the west of Botswana in the North-East District. Phoenix represents one of the largest nickel reserve in Botswana having estimated reserves of 329.7 million tonnes of ore grading 0.23% nickel. The 329.7 million tonnes of ore contains 0.78 million tonnes of nickel metal. ''Francistown Mining and Exploration Ltd'' was founded in 1985 to develop Phoenix mine and the nearby

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. ''Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd'' was founded in 1988. Phoenix was opened in 1995. ''Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd'' was owned for some time by Norilsk Nickel (85%) and the

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(15%). Norilsk agreed to sell its 85% stake to BCL Limited around 2016, but BCL went into liquidation around this time, leading to a legal disagreements between the companies.

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