| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
| Prospecting License No.: PL001/97 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -21.263838 , 25.569391 |
| Location: Orapa |
| Start Drill: 2005-04-19 |
| End Drill: 2005-04-19 |
| Borehole Type: Exploration |
| Drilling Method: Percussion & Core |
| Sample Type: Core & Chips |
| Depth of Surface Casing: N/A |
| Azimuth: Degrees |
| Hole Inclination: -90 Degrees |
| Collar Elevation: 963 Metres |
| Borehole Water Strike: 23 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 41 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 1 | Cream white weathered calcrete intercalated with brown Sand. |
| 2. | 1 | 2 | Cream white weathered calcrete. |
| 3. | 2 | 5 | Dark brown weathered Basalt containing calcrete contaminants from the overlying Kalahari. |
| 4. | 5 | 6 | Greenish brown weathered Basalt. |
| 5. | 6 | 7 | Reddish brown weathered and consolidated Sandstone lens. |
| 6. | 7 | 8 | Greenish brown weathered Basalt. |
| 7. | 8 | 10 | Greenish brown fresh and competent Basalt. |
| 8. | 10 | 12 | Greenish brown fresh and competent Basalt characterised by about 5% calcite amygdales. |
| 9. | 12 | 19 | Greyish brown fresh and competent Basalt. |
| 10. | 19 | 20 | Reddish brown, ferricretised and competent Basalt. |
| 11. | 20 | 35 | Reddish brown, weathered fine-grained Sandstone. |
| 12. | 35 | 41 | Whitish yellow, weathered fine-grained Sandstone. |
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