Selkirk mine
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| name = Selkirk mine
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| state/province = North-East District
| country = Botswana
| owner = Premium Nickel Resources Corporation
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| acquisition year = 2022
| products = Nickel
Copper
Cobalt
Platinum group
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The Selkirk mine is a large mine in the west of Botswana in the North-East District. Selkirk represents one of the largest nickel reserve in Botswana having estimated reserves of 135 million tonnes of ore grading 0.25% nickel.{{cite web|url=http://www.nornik.ru/en/our_products/MineralReservesResourcesStatement/|title=Reserves of nickel|year=2013|publisher=nornik.ru|accessdate=2013-07-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705235906/http://www.nornik.ru/en/our_products/MineralReservesResourcesStatement/|archivedate=2013-07-05}} The 135 million tonnes of ore contains 0.3 million tonnes of nickel metal.
Operated for some years by the Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC), mine operations were sold to the Canada-based Premium Nickel Resources Corporation (PNR) in 2022.{{cite web | last=Rani | first=Archana | title=Premium Nickel Resources to acquire Botswana mine | website=Mining Technology | date=2022-02-15 | url=https://www.mining-technology.com/news/premium-acquire-botswana-mine/ | access-date=2022-07-16}}
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