Altona Rare Earths plc has appointed David Catterall as a consultant, with a special focus on the company’s Sesana copper-silver option in Botswana. Mr Catterall, M.Sc., Pr. Sci. Nat., is a geologist with more than 36 years’ operational and field experience in mineral exploration throughout Africa and Europe. He has covered a wide range of […]
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Kavango completes KCB licences airborne survey
Kavango Resources plc has completed an airborne geophysical survey over its 7,629km2 Kalahari copper belt project in Botswana. CONFIDENCE The survey will test whether the copper-silver prospective geological and geophysical features, interpreted on the recently acquired three licences of PL203/2016, PL127/2017 and PL205/2016, extend into the company’s pre-existing adjacent licence areas. The survey covered block […]
Arkle awarded Makgadikgadi lithium licences
Arkle Resources plc has broadened its lithium exploration portfolio with two licences in the salt pans of northeast Botswana. TARGETS PL075/2023 and PL0148/2023, covering 312 and 525km2 respectively, lie in the Makgadikgadi salt pans. The company said that very little was known about the potential for lithium brines at the site. Initial prospecting is planned […]
Kavango extends Botswana exploration footprint
Kavango Resources plc has created a single expanded exploration area in Botswana by adding a 90% interest in six further licences in the Kalahari copper belt (KCB). DOMAL STRUCTURES The licences are next to the company’s Karakubis and South Ghanzi blocks, collectively forming a contiguous exploration area next to the Namibian border. Kavango said it […]
Kavango identifies KCB anomalies
Kavango Resources plc said it had identified four anomalies during its drill targeting exercise on its licence PL036/2020 in the Kalahari copper belt, western Botswana. TARGETS The Kalahari copper belt runs ENE-WSW from Botswana into Namibia where “multiple economic” copper-silver sedimentary rock hosted deposits have been discovered. The company’s programme targets PL036/2020, PL082/2018 and Mamuno […]
Kavango’s Ditau rare earth and KCB projects valued at $8 million
Kavango Resources plc said it had received an independent valuation of US$8 million for its rare earth element (REE) Ditau Camp and Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) joint venture in Botswana. VALUATION The 50-50 JV, under Kanye Resources plc, is between Power Metal Resources plc and operator Kavango which intends to regain 100% control of the […]