The companies hold a number of Exclusive Prospecting Licences (EPLs) throughout Namibia near Otjiwarongo, Karibib, Grootfontein and the northern Kunene Region. The exploration targets encompass orogenic gold, magmatic copper-nickel, MVT lead-zinc-silver and sediment-hosted base metal mineralizations. Current key projects and activities are:
Marine Phosphates
Marine mud sediments comprising of fine-grained pellets of the calcium-fluor phosphate mineral francolite (a variety of apatite)
Epembe
The Epembe project is a niobium-tantalum-uranium deposit located in Namibia’s Kunene Region, roughly 100 km north of Opuwo.
Malachite
The widespread and intense malachite mineralization at “Malachite Mountain” was discovered in 2012 and tested with diamond drilling between 2013 and 2015, yielding broad copper intercepts. The project aims at a low-cost tank leach operation to produce copper sulphate or metal.
Oluliwa Manganese
Discovered by Kunene Resources in 2013, the stratiform (SEDEX) Olulilwa Manganese Project underwent a comprehensive exploration program, including detailed surface mapping and diamond drilling. The project was evaluated for its technical and financial feasibility to develop a small-scale open-pit mine and build a pilot plant to produce manganese concentrate.
Streilrand Barite
White, high-quality (“filler grade”) barite was discovered as a stratabound mineralization in Nosib sandstones on top of the Steilrand Mountains and underwent mapping and diamond drilling. The project was evaluated for its technical and financial feasibility to develop small-scale open-pit mines or a larger underground mine.