| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
| Prospecting License No.: PL001/97 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -21.295455 , 25.515186 |
| Location: Orapa |
| Start Drill: 2005-08-17 |
| End Drill: 2005-08-18 |
| 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: 960 Metres |
| Borehole Water Strike: 62 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 77 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 3 | Dark brown, fine to medium grained loose Sand. |
| 2. | 3 | 5 | Yellowish brown, fine to medium grained loose Sand. |
| 3. | 5 | 10 | Dark cream white, calcretised Silcrete and calcrete. |
| 4. | 10 | 12 | Cream white weathered calcrete. |
| 5. | 12 | 19 | Very dark brown, weathered Basalt. |
| 6. | 19 | 34 | Greyish greenish, fresh and competent Basalt. |
| 7. | 34 | 43 | Brownish green, fresh and competent Basalt, the clay content is high. |
| 8. | 43 | 55 | Greyish greenish, fresh and competent Basalt with high clay content. |
| 9. | 55 | 60 | Greyish green Basalt mixed with reddish brown, oxidised Basalt. |
| 10. | 60 | 62 | Reddish brown, oxidised Basalt mixed with brownish Sandstone fragments. |
| 11. | 62 | 63 | Brownish, fine-grained, weathered Sandstone. |
| 12. | 63 | 64 | Yellowish, fine-grained, weathered Sandstone. |
| 13. | 64 | 77 | Pinkish brown, fine-grained, weathered Sandstone. Gravel size fragments falling from water strike zone are abundant. |
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