African Energy Resources
Addressing a pressing need in Southern Africa at present, African Energy Resources’ entrepreneurial flair and partner network is generating a long-term legacy on the continent
African Energy Resources
Calculated coal mining African Energy Resources (AFR) Director Dave Edwards believes that this year will be a positive one for the company Writer Matt Bone Project manager James Mitchell African Energy Resources Ltd (AFR) is a mining and energy development company based in Perth, Australia, who began life as a company in Zambia looking for Uranium. They also have main offices in Gaborone (Botswana), Lusaka (Zambia) and a registered office in Guernsey. The Company own three large coal projects in Botswana which collectively contain over 6 billion tonnes of thermal coal. Dave Edwards, Director at African Energy Resources Botswana explains how uniquely positioned AFR is in the Botswana Coal and Energy industry: "The company is fairly unique in Botswana as the other companies in the coal market have not fully investigated the transport and power generation options. We have developed a close relationship with the authorities to attempt to fulfil a need for power in the Southern African context." A Gap in the Market Southern Africa is currently experiencing a severe power shortage and this problem is not being addressed fast enough, and Edwards is very much aware that AFR is in a strong position to offer a power solution: "We have been approached by various parties to develop a power station for the region, and we are looking at that now as a very urgent project. Interest was high last year and we expect to go to tender very soon." Botswana is geographically very well placed to service Southern Africa's coal power market needs. The…
