Kitlanya West Project
Large-scale exploration project offering district-scale discovery potential
Kitlanya West straddles the northern margin of the KCB including an estimated 500km of prospective D’Kar / Ngwako Pan Formation contact with additional potential for fold-hinge and doubly-plunging fold trap-sites. Importantly Kgwebe Group volcaniclastics outcrop in the center of the project often considered an important marker for KCB deposits. Cover thickness varies from outcrop to approximately 80m under dune covered areas.
Key Facts
- Focus of ongoing seismic survey designed to identify large-scale fold trap-sites where mineralisation is expected to be upgraded, offering an opportunity for larger deposit formation
- Exploration at Kitlanya West is being progressed in concert with BHP as part of the BHP Xplor program of 2024 (see ASX announcement 23 January 2024)
BHP XPLOR
BHP Xplor is a cohort-based world-first accelerator program, dedicated to unearthing new critical mineral deposits by uniting BHP experts, thought leaders and innovative mineral explorers to offer participants with the opportunity to accelerate their exploration concepts and the potential to establish a long-term partnership with BHP. The program offers participants funding, mentorship and coaching, and connection into BHP’s network of suppliers and service providers.
The 2024 exploration programme at The Kitlanya West Copper Project is designed to:
- Image potential large-scale fold trap-sites where Tier 1 copper deposits may be hosted;
- Identify structures which may provide pathways for copper mineralisation;
- Complement and help resolve the basin architecture interpreted from recently completed Airborne Gravity Gradient (AGG) surveys;
- Provide diamond drill targets for the compelling Tlou target defined in the 2023 soil and reverse circulation drill campaign (see ASX announcement 29 November 2023).
Kityana West Copper Project Timeline
2024:
- New licence renewals granted by the Botswana Department of Mines
- Ongoing active 2D reflection seismic survey, with overlapping passive seismic survey
- Assay of RC Programme samples highlight several compelling copper targets
2023:
- 12,000m RC drilling programme along with 8,500 soil samples identifies several priority targets
- Airborne gravity gradient (AGG) survey identifies potential sub-basins and structural targets for follow-up
2022:
- 5,359 soil samples collected and analysed along with 3,500 historical samples highlighting several areas of interest for follow-up work.
2021:
- 650m of diamond drilling targeted AEM anomalies demonstrated thin cover and presence of prospective lower D’Kar formation stratigraphy.
- 9,970 km of detailed airborne magnetic and gravity data collected over the central portion of the project – gravity low anomalies identified in this survey possibly highlight original sub-basin architecture.
2020:
- 3,500 samples collected on regional traverses across the property.
- Regional 847 km heliborne AEM survey completed to map out cover thickness and provide structural information.
Historical:
- Large portion of the project area was flown with fixed-wing AEM by BHP in the late 1990s, very little work done on site.