Botswana Minerals plc has started refining and rating the “most promising targets” on its copper licences, covering 7,074 km², in Ngamiland, northwest Botswana.
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The work, using artificial intelligence, will result in identifying drill targets and “concealed mineral systems” on the company’s acreage which lies under “thin cover” within the Damara Belt.
“Ngamiland is important because it combines district scale, geological prospectivity with concealed discovery potential,” said the company.
“The licence package lies within a recognised metallogenic corridor that extends into Namibia’s Otavi Mountainland which is prospective for copper and associated polymetallic systems beneath the shallow Kalahari cover.
“Although this cover has historically limited conventional exploration, it also creates an opportunity for modern data-led exploration methods, which BMIN [Botswana Minerals] is deploying.
“These methods can detect mineral systems with little or no surface expression.”
Phase I work integrates “historical company data, regional geological information, datasets from contiguous areas of Namibia, satellite-derived alteration data and available government geophysical data”.
On completion, Botswana plans follow-up field work for phase II.
The company also continues discussions on a potential joint venture with interested parties.