Botswana Minerals plc has identified “several target systems”, prospective for base and precious metals, on its licences in the Damaran Belt, northwest Botswana.
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The findings are from “integrated geological and AI-enhanced initial exploration analysis”.
The company said it had defined two principal exploration models, of which the first is “anomalies with copper-silver-nickel-cobalt signatures”.
The second is a “continuous geochemical corridor” over some 20 kilometres, interpreted as consistent with “Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc mineralisation”.
Iron oxide and clay alteration zones have also been identified, “supported by copper, silver, cobalt and nickel signatures” that are distinct from the MVT corridor.
Botswana will next carry out geophysical surveys and further geochemical sampling.
The company’s overall licence acreage totals around 7,000 km².
Chairman John Teeling added: “The AI analysis of our database has continued to deliver insights.
“Further work has identified two large-scale mineral systems, one prospective for copper, the second for lead-zinc, which will focus our next phase of exploration as we advance towards defining drilling targets”.