Botswana Minerals plc (LSE:BMIN) has moved from regional reconnaissance to defined drill targets after an AI‑driven review of its licences 458 and 459 in Ngamiland, part of the company’s 7,074 km² holding in the north‑eastern Damara Belt.
The fully funded Phase 1 programme has identified a copper anomaly stretching about 9.5 km east of a major fault, a roughly 20 km silver anomaly corridor across a key fault zone, and a core 2.4 km zone of lead‑zinc mineralisation within a broader western trend. Several deposit models have been recognised, including Irish‑type (MVT), carbonate replacement, hydrothermal and potential skarn systems.
The company said the next workpack will add higher‑resolution magnetic and gravity interpretation, more geochemical sampling, hyperspectral satellite integration and a full review of historical drilling, all fed into AI‑assisted geological models to rank targets for follow‑up drilling.
“These early results are good. There are emerging copper, silver and lead zinc patterns in the new data. The AI models we are using assist with better and quicker interpretations of the data. Our objective is simple and clear. Identify drill targets,” said John Teeling, Chairman.
