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Kalahari Copper Belt Project (KCB)

A Rare District-Scale Copper Opportunity in a Proven Belt

Kavango Resources controls one of the few district-scale, contiguous licence packages in the KCB. The Company is currently targeting large-scale copper-silver mineralisation within the Karakubis project area through a combination of surveying and drilling.

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Target Footprint
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Neighbouring Projects
Next Steps
Kalahari Copper Belt, northwestern Botswana
5,200km2 district-scale exploration package
Large-scale sedimentary copper-silver systems
MMG (Khoemacau), Sandfire (Motheo), Cobre/BHP, First Quantum
Finalising structural interpretation and preparing for follow-up drilling
Map of Botswana showing Kavango projects

Spanning more than 6,200km2, Kavango’s KCB footprint is the largest held by a junior in the region and one of only a handful at this scale under single ownership. Neighbouring tenement holders include First Quantum and Cobre, which recently entered into a farm-out with BHP over its licences.

Kavango holds the largest land package in the KCB in Botswana not held by a major mining company

Kavango holds the largest land package in the KCB in Botswana not held by a major mining company
Kavango’s licences sit along the southern basin margin zone of the KCB — a structurally favourable section of the region known to host copper-silver deposits. The Company’s ground is underlain by two major fold structures: the Kara Antiform and Karong Antiform, located along strike from major copper discoveries and producing mines including MMG’s Khoemacau Mine and Sandfire’s Motheo Mine.

Kavango is targeting two major regional formations across its KCB licences

Kavango is targeting two major regional formations across its KCB licences
Kavango’s initial exploration has focused on the Karakubis project area, where the Company’s first-phase diamond drilling programme returned highly encouraging results. All seven holes intersected copper mineralisation, including:

  • Confirmation of receptive stratigraphy and structural conditions favourable for trap-site formation
  • Evidence of intense hydrothermal alteration, indicating fluid flow through the system
  • pXRF spot readings above 1% copper in all holes, with a peak of 32.06% Cu in Hole KCBDD006

These results have been supported by satellite imagery interpretation, which identified tight isoclinal folding and parasitic structures of the same scale and style as those seen at Sandfire’s Motheo Mine and the adjacent A4 deposit. A comparison is pictured below:

Satellite image comparison confirms structural similarities with Sandfire’s T3 Copper Mine

Satellite image comparison confirms structural similarities with Sandfire’s T3 Copper Mine
(Reviewing) samples at Kavango’s Karakubis Hub

Structural interpretation of inverted IP and CSAMT geophysical data has further reinforced Kavango’s model for Karakubis. Most notably, it has potentially pinpointed the key D’Kar–Ngwako Pan contact — the horizon underlying all known KCB deposits.

Kavango is now strengthening its dataset through additional ground geophysics. The aim is to confirm structural interpretations and refine targeting ahead of follow-up discovery drilling.

Map showing Kavango’s proposed IP & CSAMT lines within its KCB tenement package