Noronex have confirmed a sizable copper system at Witvlei after the first hole of its diamond drill campaign struck a wide intercept of copper from shallow depth in the Namibian end of the Kalahari Copper Belt.
Assays from Hole 23DHDD01 include:
- 14m @ 1.1 % Cu from 109m including 3m@ 2.0 % Cu; and
- 7m @ 0.54 % Cu from 44m across a broader intersection of 135m @ 0.33 % Cu from 44m
- The initial two-hole diamond program was launched two test parallel mineralised horizons in the Daheim prospect, and the first demonstrated a thick pod of mineralisation after crossing at a right angle of initial wide intercepts.
- Mineralisation remains open at depth and to the northeast and southwest, and structural logging of the diamond core is earmarked to further unlock the nature of Kalahari copper.
- The massive Kamoa-Kakula deposit discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo changed the understanding of all sedimentary copper belts around the world, and Noronex see the Kalahari Copper Beltas a new global copper power – all while commodity analysts continue to beat the drum for an impending shortfall.
- Noronex is not alone in eyeing off the rich, sand covered copper of the Kalahari, exploration in the belt is at the heart of $2.81 billion market cap Sandfire Resources’ long-term growth strategy and Khoemacau has delivered first concentrate production just last year with an initial targeted production rate of over 60ktpa copper and 2Mozpa silver.
- Assays are still pending from below 278m and from hole 23DHDD02, and Noronex plan more drilling as it begins to fully understand the scope of its mineralised zone.
