It is therefore important to continuously monitor the status of soil around mining environments in order to prevent adverse effects on humans. The maximum permissible ranges/limits in soil in Botswana have not been set and therefore ranges/limits from various sources are tabulated in Table 1.Very high concentrations of heavy metals have been found in plants and soils adjacent to smelting works (Wuana and Okieimen, 2011) and heavy metal contamination is reported to diminish exponentially with distance from the smelter while soil pH is said to increase with distance from the mine smelter. Information about level of heavy metal contamination and soil pH around the mine smelter is therefore needed for an accurate assessment of site contamination and treatment (Jadia and Fulekar 2009). The analysis of heavy metal concentrations in soils is therefore critical for policy making orientated toward reducing heavy metal inputs to soil and guaranteeing the maintenance or even the improvement in soil quality