{{Botswana is the top choice in Africa and twenty fifth in the world to conduct mining and exploration activities, according to Canadian research firm Fraser Institute\u2019s Policy Perception Index (PPI)}}<\/p>\n
Botswana is the preferred country for diamond mining in the world with an overall score of 74.2. Canada\u2019s Ontario comes second with a score of 73.1 and Namibia stands third with a score of 68.3.<\/p>\n
Other African nations that made it to the list include Zambia (48), Tanzania (43), South Africa (39.8), Mozambique (29.9), DR Congo (23.4) Malawi (15.6), Zimbabwe (14.6) and Angola (10.7).<\/p>\n
Factors examined by the study conducted by PPI included policy attractiveness, government uncertainty, environmental regulations, legal system, taxation, infrastructure, trade barriers, labour, geological databases and security.<\/p>\n
PPI is based on an annual global survey of 112 jurisdictions worldwide including sub-national jurisdictions in Canada, Australia, the US, and Argentina.<\/p>\n
The results of the survey represent the opinions of 1,400 executives and exploration managers in mining and mining consulting companies operating around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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