Arc Minerals selects drilling contractor for Botswana project
Arc Minerals has selected an experienced drilling contractor for the imminent exploration diamond drilling programme at its PL135/2017 licence, which forms part of the Virgo project, located in the Zone 5 corridor of the Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) in Botswana.
The drill programme will adopt a phased approach, testing the identified high-priority target areas along 14 km of D’kar-Ngwako pan formation contact inferred by the recently completed induced polarisation chargeability/resistivity survey, as well as the areas displaying structural complexity with the potential to host trap sites.
The phased drill programme will be carried out by G D E Botswana Drilling & Exploration, a Global Drilling & Exploration Group company. Arc Minerals says Global Drilling is a reputable and well-established drilling contractor with extensive experience in the KCB.
While the drilling programme is adaptive and, therefore, subject to changes, the company says it expects the total drilling campaign to exceed 6 000 m.
During the work programme, Arc Minerals will continually analyse the drill core using a portable X-ray fluorescence machine, followed by sample selection for preparation and assaying at an internationally recognised laboratory.
“I look forward to a very exciting drilling programme. We are the only junior with a licence positioned within the Zone 5 corridor, metres away from recent priority copper discoveries made within the Khoemacau mining project of MMG,” says Arc Minerals CEO Remy Welschinger.