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#KAV Kavango Resources PLC – Investment in Pambili Natural Resources TSX-V:PNN
Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV), the Southern Africa-focused metals exploration company, is pleased to announce that the Company has completed a strategic investment in gold mining, exploration, and development company Pambili Natural Resources Corporation (“Pambili” or “the Corporation”) (TSX-V:PNN).
Kavango has given notice to Pambili that it wishes to convert a US$250,000 convertible loan (the “Loan”) made to Pambili, along with a Loan Premium of US$75,000 (“Repayment amount”), into common shares in the Corporation (“the Conversion”). Following the Conversion, Kavango will hold 15% of Pambili’s total issued share capital.
Pambili is active in Matabeleland in southern Zimbabwe, having established operations here in 2022.
Kavango has worked with Pambili since March this year, assisting it through a corporate restructure and acquisition of the Golden Valley project, which completed earlier in November 2023 (Pambili’s announcement can be read >>> here).
Golden Valley has a history of high-grade underground mining and gold production. Golden Valley includes a functional gold processing plant and stamp mill, two historic shafts that present prospective exploration targets and near surface exploration potential to target a possible larger-scale deposit. Some small-scale gold production continues at Golden Valley by way of toll-milling third-party ore through an on-site stamp mill.
Pambili’s plan at Golden Valley is to explore the underground potential first, with a view to recommencing mining in Q1 2024. The processing plant is ready to receive ore and plans are being finalised for underground exploration drilling.
In parallel to this, Pambili will conduct surface exploration at Golden Valley using Kavango’s field team.
By taking a strategic interest in Pambili, Kavango is seeking to build on its first-mover advantage in Matabeleland by increasing its exposure to a third, highly prospective greenstone belt. Golden Valley is located on a separate greenstone belt to the one that hosts Kavango’s Hillside and Nara projects and a separate greenstone belt to the one that hosts the Leopard Project (announced >>> 25 July 2023).
In addition, Kavango and Pambili will be able to share operational, exploration and administrative functions. This is expected to provide both companies with significant cost savings and operational efficiencies.
Ben Turney, Chief Executive of Kavango Resources, commented:
“There is immense opportunity in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland goldfields. Kavango has identified a strong pipeline of opportunities across the region. Our investment in Pambili creates for us an additional outlet for some of these.
We are very pleased to partner with Pambili, as Jon Harris and his team recommence mining at Golden Valley. This is an exciting project that Kavango knows well. It combines excellent potential for near-term revenue generation with untested surface exploration upside.
The greenstone belt that Golden Valley is on is highly prospective for gold with a number of possibilities for further expansion in the area. The processing plant is operational and can be added to as Pambili grows. With what we’ve learned about historic cut-off grades at Golden Valley, underground drilling could deliver a very positive result.
We have been able to secure our investment in Pambili at a low entry point. I expect our ongoing working relationship, supported by the shared operational efficiencies it affords, has already added, and will continue to add, substantially to our balance sheet over time.“
Further information in respect of Kavango and its business interests is provided on the Company’s website at www.kavangoresources.com and on Twitter at #KAV.
For further information please contact:
Kavango Resources plc
Ben Turney
+46 7697 406 06
First Equity (Broker)
Jason Robertson
+44 207 374 2212
Kavango Competent Person Statement
The technical information contained in this announcement pertaining to geology and exploration have been read and approved by Brett Grist BSc(Hons) FAusIMM (CP). Mr Grist is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy with Chartered Professional status. Mr Grist has sufficient experience that is relevant to the exploration programmes and geology of the main styles of mineralisation and deposit types under consideration to act as a Qualified Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.
#KAV Kavango Resources PLC – KCB – Airborne geophysical survey commences
Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV), the Southern Africa focussed metals exploration company, is pleased to announce the commencement of an airborne geophysical survey on its Kalahari Copper Belt (“KCB”) project in Botswana.
The Company has signed a contract with South Africa-based New Resolution Geophysics (“NRG”) for Time Domain Electromagnetic (“TDEM”), Magnetic, and Gravity surveys combined on one helicopter platform (“the NRG Survey”).
The NRG Survey will consist of 2,374-line kms at a line spacing of 500m x 5,000m across Kavango’s Block 1A and Block 1B Prospecting Licences (“PLs”)
The work expands on airborne geophysical surveying already completed by ENRG Elements (ASX:ENRG) (“ENRG”) on PL203/2016 and PL127/2017, two adjacent PLs recently acquired by Kavango (announced >>> 16 November 2023).
Figure 1: NRG’s planned survey lines across Kavango’s Block 1A and Block 1B licences and airborne survey data covering the PLs acquired from ENRG
Ben Turney, Chief Executive Officer of Kavango Resources, commented:
“Kavango is targeting the discovery of large-scale copper/silver targets in the Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) in Botswana.
We recently acquired additional exploration licences from ENRG Elements to complete a large contiguous land package from the town of Ghanzi to the Namibian border. Our interpretation of ENRG’s existing survey data for Prospecting Licences 203/2016 and 127/2017 supports our working theory that this area is prospective for copper/silver. We believe this potential could extend to Kavango’s other licence holdings, which have designated as Blocks 1A and 1B.
As part of our “levelling up” strategy in the KCB, we are compiling a consistent data set for all the ground we control. NRG’s airborne geophysical survey will provide us with some of the final exploration data we need ahead of defining drill targets for next year’s drill campaign.
Our recent work has confirmed physical indicators of a copper mineralising system within our ground, combined with encouraging geophysical anomalies.
Our goal in reprocessing ENRG’s existing data and combining it with the data from the airborne surveys we will fly over Blocks 1A and 1B will be to increase our understanding of the region’s mineralised potential. We will also investigate the interpreted sub-basin that could be a significant control for copper/silver deposits.“
Further details
The NRG Survey will be conducted over five PLs that make up Kavango’s Block 1A (PL046/2020, PL049/2020, PL052/2020, PL053/2020) and Block 1B (PL205/2016) licence areas. The licences are located southwest of the town of Ghanzi and adjacent to PL203/2016 and PL127/2017, two of the KCB PLs Kavango recently acquired from ENRG.
NRG is expected to commence its airborne geophysics survey on 4 December 2023. The survey is expected to take two weeks to complete, with the final data processing and delivery of products anticipated for Q1 2024.
Program objectives
Kavango is currently re-processing data from airborne geophysical surveys already completed by ENRG on PL203/2016 and PL127/2017.
The Company will combine this re-processed data with data from the new NRG surveys to test its working theory that the copper/silver prospective geological and geophysical features, which it interpreted from ENRG’s existing airborne geophysics survey data, extend onto Kavango’s Block 1A and Block 1B licences. Kavango’s geologists and geophysicists believe this could be indicative of a regional copper mineralizing system.
Kavango’s geologists wish to examine whether the stratigraphy and lithology they have begun to map on the former ENRG PLs extend on to these Blocks. They believe that ENRG’s existing data conforms to sequences in the lower D’Kar Formation seen across other parts of the KCB.
The models in Figures 2 and 3 below depict the type of fold geometry and structural trap-sites Kavango believes to underlie areas of Block 1A and 1B.
Figure 2 is a modified version of the fold geometry, showing a “preserved” as opposed to “un-roofed” dome, as well as associated mineralisation present in the fold closure at Khoemacau’s North East Fold (“NEF”) deposit on the nearby Banana Zone. Figure 3 is a schematic cross-section showing both the shear-hosted mineralisation and dilational vein-hosted mineralisation present in Sandfire Resources’ (ASX:SFR) A4 deposit.
Kavango believes there may be scope for either or both models to be present and is optimistic the NRG survey will identify these for further ground geophysics and future drill targeting.
Figure 2 – Regional to deposit scale geologic controls on copper silver mineralisation in the KCB – Wes Hall et al, SEG, Special Publication, no 21, pp207-236
Figure 3 – Schematic cross-section showing high-grade intersection in drill hole MO-A4-003D, interpreted geology, and the mineralisation styles across Sandfire’s A4 deposit
The magnetic component of the NRG Survey will map the structure and lithology of Block 1A and Block 1B. It is anticipated that the EM component of the NRG Survey will highlight prospective subtle conductors within the D’Kar Formation and help identify structural trap sites linked to folds, faults, and shears within Block 1A and Block 1B.
The gravity component of the NRG Survey will seek to identify whether the sub-basin identified in ENRG’s data extends into Kavango’s Block 1A. Kavango believes the margins of this sub-basin could provide priority targets for trap site development and deposit formation.
Kavango will interpret these airborne geophysical data with the goal of identifying target areas for ground geophysical follow-up, which will then lead to drill target identification.
Further information in respect of Kavango and its business interests is provided on the Company’s website at www.kavangoresources.com and on Twitter at #KAV.
For further information please contact:
Kavango Resources plc
Ben Turney
+46 7697 406 06
First Equity (Broker)
Jason Robertson
+44 207 374 2212
Kavango Competent Person Statement
The technical information contained in this announcement pertaining to geophysics have been read and approved by Mr. Jeremy S. Brett, M.Sc., P.Geo., Senior Geophysical Consultant, Jeremy S. Brett International Consulting Ltd. in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Brett is a member of the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society, and the Society of Economic Geologists. Mr. Brett has sufficient experience that is relevant to geophysics applied the styles of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration to act as a Qualified Person as defined under the Canadian National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
#KAV Kavango Resources PLC – KCB – Agreement to acquire six new PLs
Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV), the Southern Africa-focused metals exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has entered an agreement with Global Exploration Technologies (Pty) Limited (“GET”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ENRG Elements (ASX:ENRG) (“ENRG”) to acquire a 90% working interest in six Prospecting Licences (“PLs”) located in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt (“KCB”) (the “Acquisition”).
The PLs cover ground adjacent to Kavango’s existing Karakubis Block next to the Namibian border, currently the priority focus in its KCB copper/silver exploration programme. The PLs are also adjacent to the Company’s South Ghanzi block in the KCB, giving Kavango a single, contiguous project area to explore.
Kavango is particularly keen to test the combined potential of PL049/2020, PL052/2020 (in the Karakubis Block) and PL203/2016 (within the area to be acquiredand satisfaction of certain other conditions). The Company believes these three PLs cover a single regional system that incorporates notable domal structures, which are key exploration targets in the search for large-scale copper/silver mineralisation.
Ben Turney, Chief Executive Officer of Kavango Resources, commented:
“The new licences join up our Karakubis and South Ghanzi blocks, providing us with a contiguous, highly prospective system to explore along strike from major discoveries such as Sandfire Resources’ (ASX:SFR) T3 deposit and Khoemacau Copper Mining’s Zone 5 deposit.
We now have uninterrupted control of the single system in this portion of the Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB). We believe today’s acquisition significantly increases our chances of making a discovery here. We will push ahead in the KCB, by reviewing exploration data for the new licence areas and the results of our recently completed IP surveys at the Karakubis project area. Our goal is to identify high-confidence drill targets to pursue in Q1 next year.
With completion of the Purebond financing imminent, we are in an extremely strong position to execute our ambitious plans.”
Figure 1: Map of Kavango’s KCB landholding
Next steps in the KCB
Recent work by Kavango has included 30km of Induced Polarisation (“IP”) survey lines over targeted areas within its Karakubis group of licences.
Kavango is, in conjunction with David Catterall, an expert on the KCB, completing a review of all available data for both Kavango’s previous and these six new licences. Kavango has also recently appointed a new Exploration Manager for Botswana, Mr Leon de Waal, who will be leading the KCB work. Kavango’s goals over the coming months are:
1. To “level up” its exploration data coverage across its entire KCB holdings and,
2. To identify potential sulphide bodies that will be ranked as targets for future drilling (announced >>> 25 July 2023).
The current “levelling-up” programme has been designed to field test a new geological interpretation. Kavango believes it has successfully identified the lower D’Kar/Ngwako Pan Formations, the contact of which is known to host the majority of copper-silver mineralisation elsewhere within the Kalahari Copperbelt, over PL036/2020, PL049/2020 & PL052/2020. The field mapping on PL036/2020 has effectively extended the area underlain by the lower D’Kar Formation and for which 5,054 samples have been collected.
Kavango believes the lower D’Kar Formation it has mapped across PL049/2020 & PL052/2020 (in the Karakubis Block) extends into PL203/2016 (which Kavango has now acquired), where pathfinder minerals galena and sphalerite have been observed in historic drill chips.
Preliminary modelling of Kavango’s recent IP survey data across an AEM target on PL049/2020 has already highlighted prospective domal structural trap sites (announced >>> 25 July 2023) for future drill targeting.
Acquisition terms
Kavango has agreed to acquire a 90% working interest in the six PLs by acquiring 90% of the issued shares of Icon Trading (Pty) Ltd (“Icon”) and Ashmead Holdings (Pty) Ltd (“Ashmead”), two subsidiary companies of GET.
Kavango shall have exclusive right to appoint directors to the board of both Icon and Ashmead.
To complete the Acquisition, Kavango will pay GET a total of AUD$2.5 million in cash in the three following instalments:
– AUD$1.5 million on the completion of the Acquisition
– AUD$500,000 90 days after the completion of the Acquisition
– AUD$500,000 180 days after the completion of the Acquisition
The names of the PLs, along with their existing owner, status, and expiry date, can be found in Figure 2 below.
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PL Number |
Company |
Status |
Expiry Date |
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PL127/2017 |
Ashmead Holdings (Pty) Ltd |
2nd Renewal |
30/06/2024 |
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PL128/2017 |
Ashmead Holdings (Pty) Ltd |
2nd Renewal |
30/06/2024 |
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PL129/2017 |
Ashmead Holdings (Pty) Ltd |
2nd Renewal |
30/06/2024 |
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PL203/2016 |
Icon Trading (Pty) Ltd |
3rd Renewal |
30/09/2025 |
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PL204/2016 |
Icon Trading (Pty) Ltd |
3rd Renewal |
30/09/2025 |
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PL205/2016[1] |
Icon Trading (Pty) Ltd |
3rd Renewal |
30/09/2025 |
Figure 2: Details of the GET PLs
The agreement will complete on the receipt of necessary permissions in Botswana on or after 30 OCtober 2023 and satisfaction of certain other conditions.
Under the terms of the transaction, Kavango will assume the benefit of the outstanding intercompany loans for historic exploration onto its balance sheet. Icon and Ashmead will retain ownership of all historic exploration data gathered by them.
Financing update
Kavango continues to finalise the circular and prospectus for the forthcoming Stage 2 financing with Purebond (announced >>> 09 May 2023 for £4.6million at 1p per share). The Company expects to publish the Circular in the coming days and call the general meeting to seek approval from independent shareholders of a waiver in accordance with Rule 9 of the Takeover Code (Whitewash) in relation to this transaction.
In the event there is a delay in completing the Stage 2 financing, Purebond has indicated to Kavango’s board its readiness to lend the Company sufficient funds to complete the Acquisition.
Further information in respect of Kavango and its business interests is provided on the Company’s website at www.kavangoresources.com and on Twitter at #KAV.
For further information please contact:
Kavango Resources plc
Ben Turney
+46 7697 406 06
First Equity (Broker)
+44 207 374 2212
Jason Robertson
Kavango Competent Person Statement
The technical information contained in this announcement pertaining to geology and exploration have been read and approved by Brett Grist BSc(Hons) FAusIMM (CP). Mr Grist is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy with Chartered Professional status. Mr Grist has sufficient experience that is relevant to the exploration programmes and geology of the main styles of mineralisation and deposit types under consideration to act as a Qualified Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’.
#POW Power Metal Resources PLC – AGM Statement
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio is holding its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) today at 11am.
At the AGM Sean Wade, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal, will provide the following statement:
“I have been in the role of Power Metal CEO for three weeks, and during that time, I have been working hard with the team to further accelerate our operational and corporate activities. We recognise the eagerness of shareholders to see the results of our strategy, and we are focused on delivering those as soon as possible.
Our aim is to unlock the inherent value existing in the portfolio and I am pleased to update shareholders on the progress we are making in that regard.
Diamond drilling at the Molopo Farms Complex Project in Botswana and the Berringa Project in the Victoria Goldfields was completed earlier this quarter, as was the first stage of the Tati Gold Project 2023 exploration programme including geophysics and trenching.
Complete accredited laboratory assay tests for all the above projects are expected to be received imminently and we look forward to releasing a series of exploration updates containing these results when they are received.
The focus of corporate activity has been the progression of the Golden Metal Resources PLC, First Development Resources PLC and Uranium Energy Exploration PLC planned IPOs.
For Golden Metal, in addition to the existing IPO financing interest, we are liaising with new institutional investors who recognise the strategic significance of Pilot Mountain Project, in an era of tungsten criticality for the United States. We aim to complete the Golden Metal IPO listing shortly.
Thereafter we will be focused on First Development Resources and its IPO financing and listing with the aim to also complete this process in the near term.
For Uranium Energy Exploration, and our wider uranium portfolio, we have experienced considerable interest and are working, not only on exploration preparations for 2023, but also reviewing various corporate initiatives to accelerate progress and value generation in the portfolio.
The Company therefore expects to release a series of announcements in respect of its corporate activities in the near term.
Each successful disposal or spin-out IPO will, in our view, add material value to our asset base and notably listed investments and will build on the Company’s total assets of circa £14.6 million (as at 30 September 2022 year end).
We are focused on completing as many disposals in 2023 as possible, both to unlock value and to focus the Company on uranium exploration and the development of its key interests in Botswana.
I would like to thank the Power Metal team for their energy and enthusiasm in my first few weeks in office. Also my thanks go to shareholders for their engagement, support and patience as I have taken up this important role. I believe Power Metal has a great future ahead with a world class portfolio providing multiple opportunities for creating shareholder value.”
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
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Power Metal Resources plc |
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Sean Wade (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 20 3778 1396 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
#POW Power Metal Resources – Tati Project Botswana Final Drill Assay Results
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces final results from the Company’s recently completed drilling programme on the 100% owned and operated Tati Project (“Tati” or the “Project”) located within the Tati Greenstone Belt near Francistown, Botswana.
Assay results from the first three holes which included the bonanza intercept 1m of 47.1g/t gold (“Au”) from 6m downhole depth in reverse circulation (“RC”) drillhole CHRC0003, were previously announced to the market on 3 November 2022 and can be found at the link below:
Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc commented:
“Tati is becoming a significant Project for Power Metal – with only 175m strike distance of an 8km long gold-in-soil anomaly drill tested and extensive high-grade gold confirmed from the RC drilling.
Naturally the 47.1g/t Au and 40.6g/t Au grades peak excitement, which they should, however more important is the continuity of gold mineralisation over the 175m strike drill tested thus far, which bodes well for the significant amount of the anomaly yet to be tested. That drill testing is now a priority for Power Metal.
Complementing the extremely exciting gold exploration results we have to note the practical advantages of the Tati Project.
The gold mineralisation identified to date is near surface, significantly de-risking any mining proposition. And the Project is centred on the former working gold mine, Cherished Hope, with gold fines dumps available for processing at a local processing site, potentially generating revenue for further exploration and development of the Project.
The processing site for the fines dumps is located within 20 minutes by road from the Project, and clearly also presents an avenue for processing of gold from the newly discovered mineralised areas, subject to undertaking commercial agreements and local regulatory approvals.
All told the Tati Project is making major progress and the Company intends to accelerate its activity to undertake RC drilling to more fully test the very large Au-in-soil anomaly, prove up more extensive gold mineralisation and in parallel develop avenues for future gold production from the Project.”
Highlights:
– A total of nine RC holes totalling 490m were completed at Tati as part of the August 2022 exploration programme – representing the first ever known drilling programme carried out on prospecting licence (“PL”) 049/2022. Complete assay results have now been received for the remaining 6 holes and are presented herein.
– In addition to multiple high-grade gold intersections reported from the first three RC drillholes, significant near-surface dolerite and quartz reef hosted gold mineralisation was successfully intersected in 5 of the 6 remaining holes. Key down-hole intersections (>1g/t Au) include:
§ Hole CHRC0004
Ø 1m @ 1.36 g/t Au from surface
Ø 2m @ 1.81 g/t Au from 2m
Ø 1m @ 1.56 g/t Au from 5m
Ø 1m @ 2.53 g/t Au from 36m
§ Hole CHRC0005
Ø 1m @ 1.13 g/t Au from 22m
Ø 2m @ 1.78 g/t Au from 52m
§ Hole CHRC0006
Ø 2m @ 23.17 g/t Au from 25m, including
§ 1m @ 40.63 g/t Au from 26m
§ Hole CHRC0007
Ø 1m @ 4.80 g/t Au from 1m
Ø 2m @ 6.59 g/t from 5m, including
§ 1m @ 11.27g/t Au
Ø 1m @ 1.55 g/t from 13m
Ø 1m @ 11.16g/t from 54m
§ Hole CHRC0009
Ø 2m @ 2.11 g/t Au from 49m
– Drilling intersections have confirmed gold mineralisation over a strike length of 175m, with mineralisation remaining open towards the northwest, southeast and downdip.
– Significantly, the Q3 2022 drilling area is located along a major northwest-southeast oriented regional shear that is thought to be the control of gold mineralisation observed within the area.
– Along this major regional shear is a coincident Au-in-soil anomaly that extends for a strike distance of approximately 8km, and which is located entirely within the 100%-owned Tati Project. The majority of this geochemical anomaly remains underexplored, with additional mineralisation identified by Power Metal circa 6.5km to the northwest including Q1 2022 RC drillhole TGRC00017 which returned 3m of 5.17g/t Au from 9m 1, as well as the undrilled GoldSource Zone where rock sampling of a northwest-southeast oriented quartz reef returned up to 26.5g/t Au 2.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Figure 1 – Tati Project Overview Plan Map:
Figure 2 – Tati Project Q3 Drilling Area Zoomed Plan Map:
The maps presented above will also be uploaded to the Tati Project page on the Company’s website found at the link below:
One metre RC chip samples were riffle split and sent for analysis by Intertek Genalysis in Perth Western Australia, by 50g fire assay with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis (method FA50/MS). High grade samples were additionally analysed by 50g fire assay with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) (method FA50/OE). Significant assay results are presented in Table 1, drill collar locations are set out in Table 2.
Table 1: Full Assay Results for Downhole Intersections >1g/t Au
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Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Au (ppb) |
Au (g/t)* |
Note |
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CHRC0001 |
21 |
22 |
1 |
2,154 |
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24 |
25 |
1 |
1,344 |
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33 |
34 |
1 |
12,490 |
10.2 |
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CHRC0002 |
10 |
15 |
5 |
N/A |
Mined out void |
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15 |
16 |
1 |
5,572 |
|||
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CHRC0003 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1,816 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
1,261 |
|||
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5 |
6 |
1 |
1,251 |
|||
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6 |
7 |
1 |
44,821 |
47.1 |
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7 |
8 |
1 |
1,360 |
|||
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CHRC0004 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1,362 |
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2 |
3 |
1 |
1,911 |
|||
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3 |
4 |
1 |
1,716 |
|||
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5 |
6 |
1 |
1,560 |
|||
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36 |
37 |
1 |
2,377 |
2.526 |
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37 |
39 |
2 |
|
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Mined out, poor return |
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CHRC0005 |
22 |
23 |
1 |
1,155 |
1.13 |
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52 |
53 |
1 |
1,262 |
|||
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53 |
54 |
1 |
2,641 |
2.296 |
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CHRC0006 |
25 |
26 |
1 |
8,761 |
5.721 |
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26 |
27 |
1 |
41,037 |
40.625 |
||
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CHRC0007 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1,546 |
4.802 |
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5 |
6 |
1 |
1,762 |
1.915 |
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6 |
7 |
1 |
10,933 |
11.272 |
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13 |
14 |
1 |
1,695 |
1.546 |
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54 |
55 |
1 |
12,166 |
11.157 |
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CHRC0008 |
No Significant Values |
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CHRC0009 |
49 |
50 |
1 |
2,514 |
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50 |
51 |
1 |
2,608 |
1.707 |
*Overlimit assay analysed via Intertek Genalysis FA50/OE (50g Fire-Assay)
Table 2: Tati 2022 Drill Programme Collar Table
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Drill Hole ID |
Dip |
Azimuth |
Depth (m) |
Northing* |
Easting* |
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CHRC0001 |
45° |
28° |
40 |
564875 |
7650896 |
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CHRC0002 |
45° |
35° |
30 |
564856 |
7650925 |
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CHRC0003 |
45° |
31° |
30 |
564842 |
7650942 |
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CHRC0004 |
45° |
35° |
60 |
564818 |
7650929 |
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CHRC0005 |
45° |
52° |
80 |
564797 |
7650937 |
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CHRC0006 |
45° |
44° |
50 |
564798 |
7650936 |
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CHRC0007 |
45° |
44° |
70 |
564772 |
7650950 |
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CHRC0008 |
45° |
35° |
30 |
564748 |
7650986 |
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CHRC0009 |
45° |
48° |
100 |
564744 |
7650958 |
* Projection: UTM Zone 35S WGS84
Reference Notes
1. Company announcement, Tati Project Botswana – Drill Programme Results, 4 April 2022
( https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/power_metal_resources/news/rns/story/w9klmer )
2. Company announcement, Tati Project Botswana – Large Scale Gold Anomaly Confirmed, 14 September 2021
( https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/power_metal_resources/news/rns/story/w6pve9x )
QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT
The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O’Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Qualified Person under the AIM Rules – Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O’Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
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Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 7766 465 617 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
#POW Power Metal Resources PLC – Kalahari Key Botswana – Acquisition Update
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW) the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces an update in respect of the acquisition of an additional 58.7% interest in Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration PTY Limited (“Kalahari Key” or “KKME”) (the “Transaction”).
Kalahari Key has a single project 60% interest in the Molopo Farms Complex Project (the “Project’ or “Molopo Farms”) targeting a large-scale nickel – platinum group metal (“PGM”) discovery in southwest Botswana.
The conditional acquisition was originally announced on 18 May 2022 which may be viewed through the following link:
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/kalahari-key-botswana-acquisition/15458701
HIGHLIGHTS:
– The Company has received written confirmation that all Botswana regulatory approvals required to enable the Transaction to proceed have now been received.
– Following receipt of the approvals the Company is now working with the Kalahari Key Board and advisers in Botswana to complete the Transaction.
– Following Transaction completion, Power Metal will hold an 87.71% interest in Kalahari Key which will hold a 100% interest in Molopo Farms.
– A further announcement to follow shortly including confirmation of the issue of equity consideration to Kalahari Key shareholders disposing of their interest to Power Metal.
Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources PLC, commented:
“The receipt of all Botswana regulatory approvals for the Transaction is a significant event for the Company, and after the various administrative tasks are completed Power Metal will hold an 87.71% interest in Kalahari Key.
On behalf of Power Metal I would like to thank the authorities in Botswana and our advisers for their handling of the approvals process, and the Kalahari Key team who are working with us to complete the Transaction.
Shareholders will be aware we are currently undertaking the largest drill programme the Company has conducted at Molopo Farms and to complete the Transaction at this juncture is particularly significant.
Further announcements will follow with regard to Transaction completion and with operational updates from the Molopo Farms ongoing drill programme.”
Further information in respect of Molopo Farms may be viewed on the Company’s website through the following link:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/project/molopo-farms-complex/
In addition photographs and videos from the Project are and will be available on the Company’s website gallery section, through the following link:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/investors/gallery/molopo-farms-complex-botswana/
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
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Power Metal Resources plc |
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Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 7766 465 617 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Power Metal Resources plc – Background
Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.
The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.
Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.
Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.
Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company’s growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.
Exploration Work Overview
Power Metal has multiple internal exploration programmes completed or underway, with results awaited. The status for each of the Company’s priority exploration projects is outlined in the table below.
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Location |
Current POW % |
Work Completed or Underway |
Results Awaited |
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Athabasca Uranium |
Canada |
100% |
Ground exploration programme complete at 3 properties. Preliminary planning for work in Spring/Summer 2023 is ongoing. |
Assay results from samples collected during fieldwork. |
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Molopo Farms |
Botswana |
87.71%# |
T1-6 conductor target drilling underway. Further MLEM surveys planned over additional AEM targets identified. |
Drill programme updates and findings from further MLEM survey work. |
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Tati Project |
Botswana |
100% |
RC drilling and sampling of mine dumps complete. |
Review of mine dumps sampling and assay results from RC drill programme. |
# following completion of administrative processes for share transfer and restructuring
Exploration work programmes may also be underway within Power Metal investee companies and planned IPO vehicles where Power Metal has a material interest, the findings from which will be released on their respective websites, with simultaneous updates through Power Metal regulatory announcements where required. These interests are summarised in the table below:
Power Metal Resources #POW – Molopo Farms Complex – Geophysics Update T1-14
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW), the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces an update in relation to the Molopo Farms Complex Project (“Molopo Farms” or the “Project”) targeting a large-scale nickel-copper-platinum group element (“PGE”) discovery in southwestern Botswana where drilling is currently underway.
On 20 October 2022 the Company announced an update regarding the ongoing drilling programme and the link to this announcement is below:
Further detailed work in regard to the moving loop electromagnetic (“MLEM”) survey results over the target area T1-14 has been ongoing, with an update relating to those results presented herein.
HIGHLIGHTS
§ A geophysical electromagnetic (“EM”) ‘superconductor’ has now been identified at target area T1-14, with a conductance reading akin to that of massive sulphides. 1
§ As a result, the superconductor at target area T1-14 has been upgraded to priority status and will be subject to diamond drilling in the coming weeks, being now the strongest MLEM conductor identified on the Project to date.
§ Diamond drilling at target area T1-14 will commence after the completion of diamond drillholes DDH1-6B and DDH1-6B(2), both targeting the conductor identified within target area T1-6.
Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources PLC commented:
“The momentum at our Molopo Farms Complex Project continues to build and we now have four Company designated priority (A+) targets that we plan to test during the ongoing drilling campaign.
The results from the extra MLEM work over target area T1-14 are quite definitive and have resulted in the upgrade of this target area following the identification of a superconductor.
I appreciate that the mineral discoveries under cover that we seek at Molopo Farms, and at other Company interests, often require a long lead time with complex preparatory work often needed to define drill targets. However, we have the rig drilling now at Molopo Farms and the drill testing of the T1-14 superconductor, targeting a massive nickel sulphide discovery, is expected to commence in the coming weeks.”
FURTHER INFORMATION
Target Area T1-14
§ During the 2020/2021 drilling campaign, a 515.8m long diamond drillhole (KKME1-14) was drilled within target area T1-14 which was targeting a priority airborne EM conductor.
§ Drillhole KKME1-14 intersected three main geological units including serpentinites (40.4m – 208.5m) quartzites (208.5 – 479.6m) and graphitic mudstones (479.6 – 515.8m). It was originally assumed that the graphitic mudstone was the cause of the airborne conductive anomaly identified at this target zone – and as a result the hole was shut down at 515.8m.
§ The conductor at target area T1-14 was originally given a lower priority B ranking due to it being slightly deeper than priority conductors found at T1-6, T2-3 and T1-3. However, following further analysis of available datasets, the following conclusions have been reached:
o The MLEM conductor modelled at target area T1-14 has been classified as a superconductor, ranking it as the strongest conductor identified at the Project to date. The conductance reading at T1-14 is akin to that of massive sulphides.
o KKME1-14 was drilled mostly within a magnetic low, which is consistent with the drillhole intersecting mostly sedimentary rock units instead of targeted mafic/ultramafic rocks (which are typically strongly magnetic and can host primary magmatic nickel sulphides).
o The MLEM superconductor now modelled at target area T1-14 has a discrete shape. If the graphitic mudstones were the cause of the conductor identified at this target area, it would be expected that this conductor would be flat-lying, consistent with the typically very flat-lying and continuous nature of Transvaal sedimentary units within the Molopo Farms Complex.
o Three dimensional (“3D”) modelling of KKME1-14 shows that it intersected only the edge of the newly identified superconductor.
§ The combination of the ground MLEM and airborne EM geophysics datasets into a single 3D model has enabled a geological model to be developed. This is interpreted to show a geological contact zone between mafic/ultramafic magmatic intrusive rocks and potentially sulphur rich sedimentary rocks (as signified by overlapping highly magnetic and conductive bodies). Melting of the sedimentary rocks at this intrusive contact zone could have led to magma mixing, differentiation, and contamination that triggered sulphide saturation and the segregation of an immiscible sulphide melt which could have resulted in the accumulation of massive sulphide mineralisation. It appears that this prospective, highly conductive, contact zone was not intersected by the previous drillhole KKME1-14.
§ As a result of further integration and analysis of available datasets, target area T1-14 has been upgraded by the Company to Priority A+ status and a 700m drillhole (DDH1-14A) is now planned following the completion of DDH1-6B(2). It is estimated that the superconductor could be reached at a downhole depth between 450-500m.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Figure 1 – Molopo Farms Complex Project Plan Map: A plan map of the Project area, including the location of various elements mentioned above is outlined in Figure 1 below.
Figure 2 – T1-14 3D View (Magnetics; Pink = Magnetic High): A 3D view showing the location of the planned drillhole DDH1-14A and historical drillhole KKME1-14 with the ground magnetic inversion. KKME1-14 was drilled mostly within a magnetic low, which is consistent with the quartzites and carbonaceous mudstones.
Figure 3 – T1-14 3D View (MLEM: Blue = Conductivity High): A 3D view showing the location of the planned drillhole DDH1-14A and historical drillhole KKME1-14 with the MLEM superconductor identified.
The diagrams and images presented above will be uploaded shortly to the Company’s website which may be reached through the following link:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/project/molopo-farms-complex/
Further photographs and videos from the drill programme are and will be available on the Company’s website gallery section, through the following link:
https://www.powermetalresources.com/investors/gallery/molopo-farms-complex-botswana/
PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OWNERSHIP
Power Metal currently has a current circa 53% effective economic interest in Molopo, held through a direct project interest and a shareholding in partner Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration (Pty) Ltd (“KKME”). On 18 May 2022 Power Metal announced a conditional transaction that would see its interest in Molopo Farms increasing to 87.71% (the “Transaction”). The announcement may be viewed through the following link:
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/kalahari-key-botswana-acquisition/15458701
As part of the Transaction, Power Metal will become the Project operator and in advance of completion the Company is working with the team at KKME to maintain momentum with regard to Project exploration.
Work streams are also in process to secure Botswana regulatory approvals enabling the Transaction to complete.
Reference Notes
1 The term ‘superconductor’ is utilised here, to describe a region of very high geophysical conductivity as depicted by a very slow decay of the electromagnetic signal. In the case of T1-14, the electromagnetic signal has not decayed to system noise levels after 2,000 milliseconds (msecs). The calculated decay constant is between 400 and 550 msecs which is common for massive nickel sulphides.
Glossary
Serpentinite: Mafic rock composed of one or more serpentine group minerals. Serpentinization is a form of low-temperature metamorphism of ultramafic rocks. They often are strongly magnetic.
Quartzite: Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally very quartz rich. It has a low magnetic and conductance response.
Graphitic Mudstone: Graphite rich, fine-grained clastic sedimentary rock. It has a low magnetic and can have a high conductance response.
QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT
The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O’Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Qualified Person under the AIM Rules – Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O’Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
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Power Metal Resources plc |
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Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 7766 465 617 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
NOTES TO EDITORS
Power Metal Resources plc – Background
Power Metal Resources plc (LON:POW) is an AIM listed metals exploration company which finances and manages global resource projects and is seeking large scale metal discoveries.
The Company has a principal focus on opportunities offering district scale potential across a global portfolio including precious, base and strategic metal exploration in North America, Africa and Australia.
Project interests range from early-stage greenfield exploration to later-stage prospects currently subject to drill programmes.
Power Metal will develop projects internally or through strategic joint ventures until a project becomes ready for disposal through outright sale or separate listing on a recognised stock exchange thereby crystallising the value generated from our internal exploration and development work.
Value generated through disposals will be deployed internally to drive the Company’s growth or may be returned to shareholders through share buy backs, dividends or in-specie distributions of assets.
Power Metal Resources #POW – Molopo Farms Complex – Botswana Drilling Update
Molopo Farms Complex – Botswana Drilling Update
Power Metal Resources PLC (LON:POW), the London listed exploration company seeking large-scale metal discoveries across its global project portfolio announces a drilling update from the Molopo Farms Complex Project (“Molopo Farms” or the “Project”) targeting a large-scale nickel-copper-platinum group element (“PGE”) discovery in southwestern Botswana.
In September 2022 Power Metal commenced a planned 2,600m diamond drill programme at Molopo Farms focused on the drilling of three Company designated priority (A+) electromagnetic (“EM”) geophysics conductors, located at target areas T1-6, T2-3 and T1-3. The first diamond core drillhole, DDH1-6B is within priority target area T1-6 and is located 530m south of previous drillhole KKME1-6 drilled in 2020, which returned multiple nickel sulphide intervals which are detailed in the Company’s announcement of 24 September 2021 accessible via the link below:
HIGHLIGHTS:
§ The first diamond hole, DDH1-6B, has now achieved a depth of 576m.
§ Ultramafic rocks have been intersected immediately beneath relatively shallow (~24m) Kalahari Group sediments and have continued to the current hole depth.
§ Preliminary inspection of DDH1-6B shows interbedded mafic units, predominantly comprised of pyroxenites and serpentinites. Pyroxenites were the host rock for nickel sulphide mineralisation found within drillhole KKME1-6.
§ Visible sulphide mineralisation has been logged within pyroxenites toward the end of the current drillhole DDH1-6B. As a result, the Company has decided to extend the hole from the original 600m target depth, with the goal of intersecting additional pyroxenite layering. Drillhole DDH1-6B now has a planned target depth of at least 650m.
§ Drill core recovery has been excellent, with core now being transported to the processing area. Core logging and the preparation of samples for assay testing will be expedited where possible.
§ Following the completion of DDH1-6B, a down hole EM survey will be undertaken in order to gather further geophysical data which will assist in the vectoring of subsequent drillholes planned to test the priority T1-6 target area.
§ In the interim on completion of DDH1-6B, the Company will undertake a further new shallow drill hole into target area T1-6, DDH1-6B(2), from a drill location proximal to that for the original hole KKME1-6. The new drill hole is planned to a target depth of 250m. This hole will test for the potential up dip extension (shallower) of the nickel mineralised pyroxenites identified in drillhole KKME1-6, and should help the Company to demonstrate the full extent of the mineralised system at this priority target area.
Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Power Metal Resources plc, commented:
“The initial findings from hole DDH1-6B are exciting, confirming the extension of pyroxenite layering to the south of original hole KKME1-6 and providing significant core intervals for expedited processing and subsequent assay testing.
The presence of visible sulphide mineralisation toward the end of the current hole has led us to make the decision to extend the planned target depth of DDH1-6B to at least 650m.
The preliminary logging of the ongoing drillhole has confirmed the angle of dip of geological units from original hole KKME1-6 to the current hole DDH1-6B to be approximately 30°, it is also clear that we should test the northerly extension of the pyroxenite layering up-dip, to the north of KKME1-6, where we are targeting nickel sulphide mineralisation nearer to surface.
The opportunity at Molopo Farms is considerable, so I am particularly pleased to report the findings above so early in this ongoing programme and look forward to releasing further information as soon as possible.
My thanks to the drill team and our technical advisers in the field for a great job on the programme thus far.”
PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OWNERSHIP
Power Metal currently has a current circa 53% effective economic interest in Molopo, held through a direct project interest and a shareholding in partner Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration (Pty) Ltd (“KKME”). On 18 May 2022 Power Metal announced a conditional transaction that would see its interest in Molopo Farms increasing to 87.71% (the “Transaction”). The announcement may be viewed through the following link:
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/POW/kalahari-key-botswana-acquisition/15458701
As part of the Transaction, Power Metal will become the Project operator and in advance of completion the Company is working with the team at KKME to maintain momentum with regard to Project exploration.
Work streams are also in process to secure Botswana regulatory approvals enabling the Transaction to complete.
QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT
The technical information contained in this disclosure has been read and approved by Mr Nick O’Reilly (MSc, DIC, MIMMM, MAusIMM, FGS), who is a qualified geologist and acts as the Qualified Person under the AIM Rules – Note for Mining and Oil & Gas Companies. Mr O’Reilly is a Principal consultant working for Mining Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Power Metal Resources PLC to provide technical support.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
For further information please visit https://www.powermetalresources.com/ or contact:
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Power Metal Resources plc |
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Paul Johnson (Chief Executive Officer) |
+44 (0) 7766 465 617 |
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SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nomad and Joint Broker) |
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Ewan Leggat/Charlie Bouverat |
+44 (0) 20 3470 0470 |
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SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Nick Emerson |
+44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
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First Equity Limited (Joint Broker) |
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David Cockbill/Jason Robertson |
+44 (0) 20 7330 1883 |
#KAV Kavango Resources – IOCG Presentation
Botswana focussed metals exploration company Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV) is pleased to announce the Company will host an online shareholder event to present the Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (“IOCG”) exploration model for the Great Red Spot.
The Great Red Spot (the “GRS”) is in the northern section of the Kalahari Suture Zone Project. It has been recognised as a large-scale exploration target for major metal and mineral deposits since the mid-1970s. However, technology has only advanced sufficiently in recent years to allow effective exploration.
Kavango has been conducting exploration over this 5km x 8km magnetic body since 2018. Following six months of additional field exploration and detailed desktop analysis, the Company announced the IOCG target on 07 May 2022. A full description of the IOCG target can be read in the announcement (link below):
IOCG systems can host highly valuable copper, gold and uranium ores. The large size and relatively simple metallurgy can produce extremely profitable mines.
IOCG deposits are an alteration “overprint” of the host geology when they form. Therefore, Kavango believes the IOCG model represents a second mineralisation style possibly present within the GRS, in addition to the existing potential for nickel/copper (Ni/Cu) sulphide deposits.
Kavango believes this is a significant development for the prospectivity of the GRS.
Jeremy Brett and Hillary Gumbo, Kavango’s chief geophysicists, will present the results of their work to investors in an online event on Wednesday 01 June at 1900GMT. Shareholders and investors are invited to join this event using the details below.
This event will be recorded and subsequently published on the Company’s website.
Ben Turney, Chief Executive Officer of Kavango Resources, commented:
“The IOCG target at the Great Red Spot is a significant one for Kavango Resources. We have four separate data points that appear to correspond with one another, pointing in the same direction. These include results from gravity, magnetic and Audio-MagnetoTelluric (AMT) surveys, together with magnetite encountered in Hole KSZDD001.
Given the potential size of the IOCG target and the amount of work our team has put into developing this model, we’ve decided to host an event to let our geophysicists, Jeremy Brett and Hillary Gumbo, present their work unimpeded by time constraints. Investors are welcome to join the presentation and ask questions directly.
We will also take the opportunity to present images of vertical slices taken from our AMT surveys. We’ve talked a lot over recent months about our increasingly sophisticated use of AMT and shareholders will now be able to see how important this technology could be in our attempts to open up the Kalahari Suture Zone.”
Topic: Kavango Resources Plc IOCG Presentation
Time: Jun 1, 2022 07:00 PM London
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#KAV Kavango Resources – Great Red Spot – strong gravity anomaly identified
Kavango Resources plc (LSE:KAV) the exploration company targeting the discovery of world-class mineral deposits in Botswana, is pleased to announce completion of a ground gravity survey (the “Gravity Survey”) over the Great Red Spot (“GRS”), in Target Area B of the Company’s Kalahari Suture Zone (“KSZ”) project.
The GRS is a previously identified large-scale ~11km diameter magnetic anomaly that has been subject to limited historic exploration.
The Gravity Survey has identified a strong gravity anomaly, which is coincident with the roughly 2250 nanoTesla positive magnetic anomaly of the GRS.
The gravity anomaly has an amplitude of approximately 30 milliGal and is roughly 7km in diameter at its widest along the North-South geophysical lines.
Gravity anomalies are due to density contrasts in rock units relative to the background geology. In mineral exploration a strong gravity anomaly can indicate the presence of an intrusion, alteration and mineralisation.
Highlights
· Visual inspection of drill core from KSZDD001 and reinterpretation of existing magnetic data encouraged Kavango to perform the Gravity Survey
· Gravity Survey was carried out over Target Area B in December, covering boreholes KSZDD001 (drilled to 1,000m) and KSZDD002 (currently at 390m)
· Scintrex CG-5 Autograv gravimeter and Leica GPS1200 RTK differential GPS were used to perform Gravity Survey
· Total of seven 13km lines of gravity data were acquired, including:
– Five North-South lines at 800m spacing
– 2 East-West tie lines at 2,000m spacing
– Stations spaced at roughly 200m along each line (460 stations)
· Strong ~30 miliGal Bouguer anomaly detected
· Kavango is now preparing an Audio-Magnetotelluric (“AMT”) survey over the GRS to futher refine its understanding of this target
Ben Turney, Chief Executive Officer of Kavango Resources, commented:
“While it is too early to start drawing definitive conclusions, we are keen to pursue the possibility that the Great Red Spot could host stacked mineralised systems.
Although this is a relatively new geological theory for Kavango, it is interesting that it builds on our existing work. The younger, shallower Karoo gabbros over the Great Red Spot remain our primary focus, but we are increasingly aware of the potential for the deeper, much older Proterozoic gabbros to host an entirely separate system.
Reinterpretation of our existing magnetic model helped send us down this path and it is encouraging that the gravity survey results are coincident with the magnetics.
Quite what that system will prove to be remains to be seen, but we are led by the data in this. The more independent evidence we can gather that supports a new deposit, the more compelling the case will become.
This is why we are now prioritising the AMT survey as a next step. Our hope is the AMT survey will provide a third data set, which complements the results from magnetic and gravity surveys.”
Keeping an open mind in minerals exploration is crucial. We did not set out last year to find a new potential mineralizing system in the deeper Proterozoic rocks
Background
The Great Red Spot (GRS”) is a previously identified large-scale ~11km diameter magnetic anomaly that has been subject to limited historic exploration.
Thanks to significant advances in geophysical technology and analytical software over the last two decades, Kavango believes it has been able to create a more accurate geophysical model of the Great Red Spot (the “New GRS Model”). The New GRS Model combines historic data with data gathered by the Company in its exploration of the KSZ (announced 22 September 2021).
Following completion of Hole KSZDD001, which was drilled 1,000m into the GRS, preliminary visual inspection of the drill core revealed the presence of sulphides and abundant magnetite throughout the 49m intersection of the Proterozoic gabbro encountered at the bottom of the hole (announced 16 November). Kavango is currently testing the origin of the sulphide and magnetite, through detailed petrographic work and various assay techniques at internationally accredited laboratories in South Africa.
Following further internal analysis, Kavango began to investigate the possibility that the GRS might host two distinct, separate mineralised systems (announced 22 November 2021). These are:
· A younger Karoo-age system prospective for Nickel/Copper/Platinum Group Elements, which Kavango is currently testing through drilling the B1 Conductor
· An older Proterozoic-age system, which Kavango is in the process of developing a mineralisation model for
Kavango believes the coincidental source of the magnetic and gravity anomalies in the GRS may lie within the Proterozoic gabbros.
The purpose of the AMT survey will be to provide a third standalone data set, to deepen Kavango’s understanding of the geophysical anomaly in the heart of the Great Red Spot. Lines are currently being cut for the survey and results are expected in the coming months.
Further information in respect of the Company and its business interests is provided on the Company’s website at www.kavangoresources.com and on Twitter at #KAV.
For further information please contact:
Kavango Resources plc
Ben Turney
First Equity (Joint Broker)
+44 207 374 2212
Jason Robertson
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
+44 1483 413500
Nick Emerson