Kalahari Copperbelt

The Kalahari Copperbelt stretches for 800 km from central Namibia to northern Botswana. Sediment-hosted copper deposits are of the same style as the Zambian Copperbelt. Geochemical surveys show anomalous copper and zinc throughout the belt, however previous exploration indicates that only three exploration holes have been drilled in the Namibian part of the Belt.

Craton’s tenements are over rocks that are stratigraphically equivalent to the “Ore Shale” in the Zambian Copperbelt. The focus for exploration activity for sediment hosted copper deposits is around:

  • The former Oamites mine that produced over 6 million tonnes of copper ore during the 1970s and 1980s;
  • The Kojeka prospect, which has three copper-bearing beds extending over 3 km of strike;
  • The Sib prospect, where previous trenching has exposed copper mineralisation over a considerable strike extent;
 
Craton has also carried out exploration over porphyry or shear-related copper-gold systems. Exploration has concentrated on two prospects, Du Plessis Rus (DPR) and Eindpaal. At both prospects, detailed exploration including geological mapping, IP and geochemical surveys has been carried out.  Results show an area of several square kilometres containing multiple igneous intrusions, quartz stockwork veining, copper occurrences, widespread alteration, and numerous I.P. and geochemical anomalies.

 

Old coper pit at DPR porphyry copper prospect

Click here to view a geological factsheet on the Kalahari Copperbelt project

 

 

 

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