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African Copper is incorporated in England and Wales, and its ordinary shares are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM") and the Botswana Stock Exchange ("BSE"). The ordinary shares trade on AIM under the symbol "ACU" and on the BSE under the symbol "African Copper".
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Messina holds the Dukwe Project comprising exploration licence PL 33/2005, with an area of 139.6 km2, and within the exploration licence a mining licence 2006/53L of 32.7 km2 valid until end 2031 .To the north of PL 33/2005 an additional licence was applied for and awarded during 2008; this licence 180/2008 covers an area of 114.4 km2. The Dukwe Project with its associated licences encompasses the Mowana Mine and all current estimated mineral resources and reserves associated with the mine; together with north and south extensions of mineralization that lie outside of the Mowana Mine licence area. Open pit proven (10.82 million tonnes at 1% copper) and probable (3.98 million tonnes at 1.4% copper) reserves have been estimated for a total of 14.8 million tonnes grading 1.11 per cent. copper.
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary Matsitama holds the Matsitama Project, which is comprised of the Matsitama Licences. In the Matsitama Project area African Copper holds five prospecting licences which are contiguous with the Mowana Mine deposit. All the licences are valid and contain prospective areas of mineralization
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