Belararox drilling four high-priority copper targets at Kalahari project

• Belararox drilling 10 holes at four high-priority targets of its Kalahari copper project
• Drilling tests same stratigraphic horizon that hosts mineralisation on adjacent third-party projects
• Targets identified through use of regional magnetic and gravity interpretation, in a belt actively explored by MMG, BHP, and Sandfire

Special Report: Belararox has kicked off 2025 drilling operations at its highly prospective Kalahari copper project in Botswana’s Northwest Province.

Drilling has started on the Kareng West tenement with the company planning 10 holes to evaluate the D’Kar/Ngwako Pan contact zones, which are considered highly prospective for copper mineralisation.

Belararox (ASX:BRX) has identified six priority targets through gravity profiling supported by regional magnetic and gravity interpretation though only four of the most promising will undergo initial drill testing in the maiden program.

The priority targets are in the same stratigraphic horizons being explored by, and surrounded by, major copper players including MMG, BHP and Sandfire.

“The commencement of drilling at the Kareng West tenement represents a significant step in Belararox’s strategy to achieve a discovery on the Kalahari copper project,” technical advisor Dr Quinton Hills said. 

“The targets outlined by the Belararox technical team have been diligently selected based on the interpretation of geophysical data and the known mineralisation on adjacent projects held by other copper explorers in the area.

“With major copper discoveries surrounding BRX’s tenure, we are very excited about the potential that lies ahead.”

Kalahari project and drill program

The Kalahari copper project consists of 14 exploration licences covering 4268km2 in the Kalahari Copper Belt that hosts significant sediment-hosted copper-silver deposits.

Mineralisation occurs in the lower D’Kar Formation (DKF), near its contact with the Ngwako Pan Formation (NPF).

BRX plans to drill three sets of three holes within the T1, T3a, and T3b target zones as well as a single hole along the ground-gravity line 1.

This will proceed sequentially at 200m spacings along the lines, beginning at the site where the interpreted DKF-NPF contact is shallowest. 

Based on geological data from this initial drill hole, subsequent drilling directions will be determined to best intercept the contact.

Drilling will be carried out by a Super Rock 5000 rig that’s expected to take 30 days to complete the planned 3000m of drilling.

This article was developed in collaboration with Belararox, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. 

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