Botswana Minerals plc has identified a copper and silver anomaly as well as lead-zinc mineralisation as possible drill targets on two of its licences in Ngamiland, northwest Botswana.
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The company said that the phase I work, using artificial intelligence, suggested that there might be two separate mineralised zones.
The copper anomaly stretches some 9.5km and lies east of a major fault, while the 20km silver anomaly corridor is across a key fault zone.
The 2.4km core zone of lead-zinc mineralisation is within a larger trend to the west.
Botswana plans further detailed magnetic and gravity data analysis and geochemical testing, and will also integrate hyperspectral satellite data and review historical drilling records.
The targets are on licences 458 and 459, which are part of the company’s 7,074 km² land package in the north eastern Damara Belt.
“At this stage, there are two possible explanations for the mineralisation: either it comes from one large system with different metals forming in zones, or from two separate but overlapping systems,” said Botswana.
“Ongoing analysis is helping to refine these models and prioritise the best targets for follow-up work.”
Chairman John Teeling added: “These early results are good. There are emerging copper, silver and lead zinc patterns in the new data.
“The AI models we are using assist with better and quicker interpretations of the data.
“Our objective is simple and clear. Identify drill targets.”