Arkle Resources plc has identified lithium and “significant” grades of magnesium from preliminary regional sampling at the Makgadikgadi salt pans in Botswana. DRILLING The company took 20 samples from part of its 937km2 licences, noting “lower grades” of lithium in each one. Arkle said that lithium normally fluctuated in the salt pans and that higher […]
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Arkle progresses Africa lithium projects
Arkle Resources plc has started sampling at its two lithium brine licences in the Makgadikgadi salt pans in Botswana. ANALYSIS The programme comes ahead of early-stage prospecting due to begin in days on its Zimbabwe hard rock licences also prospective for lithium. Covering a total 837km2 the Makgadikgadi licences showed in July the presence of […]
Arkle survey indicates Makgadikgadi brines
Arkle Resources plc said survey analysis across its two Makgadikgadi blocks indicated the presence of a conductive layer, expected to be brines, averaging 30 metres deep. SAMPLING Four wide spaced transient electromagnetic lines were completed across the near 1,000 km2 area in the salt pans of northeast Botswana, with results pending. Samples of the brines […]
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 […]