| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
| Prospecting License No.: PL001/97 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -21.429372 , 25.569395 |
| Location: Orapa |
| Start Drill: 2005-04-01 |
| End Drill: 2005-04-02 |
| 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: 994 Metres |
| Borehole Water Strike: 15 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 150 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 1 | Light grey creamish calcrete mixed of top Topsoil. |
| 2. | 1 | 2 | Light grey creamish weathered calcrete. |
| 3. | 2 | 4 | Light grey olive creamish calcrete mixed of Silcrete. |
| 4. | 4 | 9 | Light grey calcretised fresh competent Silcrete. |
| 5. | 9 | 15 | Brownish light grey fresh competent Silcrete plus few calcrete. |
| 6. | 15 | 18 | Dark red brown oxidised basalt moderately competent. |
| 7. | 18 | 24 | Dark brown amygdaloidale fresh basalt moderate competent. |
| 8. | 24 | 26 | Dark red fresh competent basalt comprising calcite. |
| 9. | 26 | 30 | Dark red brown fresh and competent amygdaloidale basalt. |
| 10. | 30 | 35 | Medium brown fine grained fresh basalt (competent) plus few calcite. |
| 11. | 35 | 37 | Medium brown calcite and amygdals rich basalt (fresh). |
| 12. | 37 | 44 | dark reddish brown fresh basalt plus few calcite contain. |
| 13. | 44 | 50 | Medium greyish black competent fresh basalt containing few calcite. |
| 14. | 50 | 56 | Dark greyish green fresh competent basalt. |
| 15. | 56 | 63 | Medium brown competent amygdals rich fresh basalt. |
| 16. | 63 | 64 | Light reddish brown fresh Sandstone layer. |
| 17. | 64 | 69 | Light reddish brown competent basalt comprising greenish amygdals plus calcite. |
| 18. | 69 | 76 | Dark greyish brown fresh basalt moderately competent containing greenish amygdals. |
| 19. | 76 | 77 | Brownish amygdaloidale fresh basalt. |
| 20. | 77 | 84 | Dark greyish green fresh basalt higtly competent. |
| 21. | 84 | 89 | Very dark greenish grey fresh competent basalt. |
| 22. | 89 | 92 | Dark greenish grey fresh basalt containing few amygdals. |
| 23. | 92 | 96 | Dark greenish grey fresh competent basalt. |
| 24. | 96 | 100 | Dark grey fresh competent basalt. |
| 25. | 100 | 102 | Brownish grey amygdaloidale fresh and competent basalt. |
| 26. | 102 | 105 | Dark brownish grey fresh basalt highly competent. |
| 27. | 105 | 106 | Dark grey greenish fresh competent basalt. |
| 28. | 106 | 107 | Dark reddish brown competent basalt. |
| 29. | 107 | 109 | Dark greyish brown fresh competent basalt. |
| 30. | 109 | 112 | Dark brown moderate competent basalt with few amygdals on the bottom. |
| 31. | 112 | 113 | Oxidised amygdaloidale fresh basalt. |
| 32. | 113 | 119 | Dark brown fine grained fresh basalt comprising few amygdals plus blackish minerals. |
| 33. | 119 | 121 | Dark blackish grey competent fresh basalt. |
| 34. | 121 | 123 | Light red oxidised fresh competent basalt. |
| 35. | 123 | 126 | Dark grey blackish fresh competent gabbro (ignous mafic rock). |
| 36. | 126 | 136 | Dark greyish blue fresh competent gabbro ? Comprising fine grained pyrite. |
| 37. | 136 | 137 | Light brown competent fresh Sandstone. |
| 38. | 137 | 140 | Medium reddish brown fresh basalt plus few amygdals. |
| 39. | 140 | 144 | Light yellowish orange weathered Sandstone fine grained. |
| 40. | 144 | 145 | Dark brown weathered Sandstone. |
| 41. | 145 | 150 | Light yellowish fine grained Sandstone. |
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