Kavango Resources PLC (LSE:KAV, OTC:KVGOF) said it has completed its four-hole drilling programme at Ditau in Botswana with core samples now being assayed or made ready.
Ben Turney, chief executive, said: "We have come a long way with Ditau in a very short period of time.
“These are complex targets, in an area where there was almost no prior geological data.
“All holes have been logged and sampled, a wide range of geological units were seen, including sediments, intrusive bodies, and in hole DITDD004, zones tens of metres thick with locally abundant shearing, veining and alteration, including significant sulphide mineralisation."
Turney added that its exploration on the Kalahari Copper Belt meanwhile had identified and located several key Ngwako Pan-D'kar formational contacts across several licence areas.
“This is an important step towards validating our original exploration hypothesis that the western half of the KCB in Botswana was both prospective for copper/silver mineralisation and overlooked because the sand cover obscured much of the regional geology.
“This will lead to clearly defined drill targets a little later in 2022."
Kavango is carrying out the exploration through Kanye Resources, its 50:50 joint venture with Power Metal Resources.