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Southern Africa mining exploration expansion
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In mid‑July, Arkle Resources broadened its reverse‑circulation drilling at the Erongo uranium project in Namibia, adding new paleochannel and primary ULG targets, while Vantage Metals (formerly Belararox) used airborne electromagnetic surveys to pinpoint fresh copper drill targets at its Kalahari Copper Project in Botswana and prepared to commence diamond drilling. By early August, Australian explorer Blaze Minerals reported a substantial significant copper‑lead‑zinc mineralised zone at its Krokodil Prospect within Botswana’s Dinokwe Project, with high‑grade soil and Project. Soil sampling revealed copper anomalies up to 288 ppm, while trench assays prompting plans X-ray fluorescence readings reached as high as 8.59% copper, showing visible malachite and chalcopyrite. Consequently, the company is moving to acquire the majority up to 90% of the surrounding licences. prospecting licences covering 1,771 km². Simultaneously, Patriot Resources disclosed announced early‑stage mapping of a new Zambian copper licence in Zambia, highlighting geological located 17 km from the Fishtie/Kashime deposit. Geologists identified features akin comparable to the Central African Copperbelt and Copperbelt, citing recent drilling success at its Tonic prospect as a positive indicator for further development. Together, indicator. Furthering the snapshots momentum in Botswana, Leviathan Metals completed a 3,600-metre diamond drilling program at its Central Project, which adjoins MMG’s Khoemacau deposits. The drilling visually confirmed copper sulphides in eight holes and identified a domal structure that may host mineralizing fluids. Leviathan now plans a larger 10,000-metre program to target potential sediment-hosted copper mineralization. Together, these developments illustrate a rapid escalation of exploration activity across Namibia, Botswana and Zambia, moving from expanded drilling programs and survey work surveys to the identification of promising copper high-grade targets and the pursuit of additional mining significant new licences.
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