| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Prospecting Botswana (Pty) Ltd |
| Prospecting License No.: PL57/98 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -21.480405 , 24.491566 |
| Location: Orapa |
| Start Drill: N/A |
| End Drill: N/A |
| 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: 941 Metres |
| Borehole Water Strike: 56 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 111 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 2 | Surface vegetation: Mopani & grass, Dark-grey fine Sand. |
| 2. | 2 | 11 | Grey-orange fine Sand, as above with cream-white calcrete. |
| 3. | 11 | 23 | Sandy calcrete, Silcrete & calcrete. |
| 4. | 23 | 26 | Black and greey - orange Silcrete. |
| 5. | 26 | 35 | Grey-orange calcretised Sandstone ( & cream-white). |
| 6. | 35 | 54 | Orange (pinkish) medium to fine grained Sandstone; gradually turns reddish then red at 47mm. |
| 7. | 54 | 63 | Red-brown siltstone 56m. Water at 56m, Coarse to very coarse Sandstone with zeoliths and clasts of siltstone & Bioturbation. Typical gravels: pebbles of quartz (River Channel). |
| 8. | 63 | 68 | Yellow-orange laminated mudstone/siltstone. |
| 9. | 68 | 73 | Brown (red-brown) fine grained oxidised-weathered brown-yellowish Sandstone- affected by Igneous below. |
| 10. | 73 | 90 | Dark-brown (Dark-grey) very fine grained Igneous, fresh and strongly magnetic. Colour: Dark-green (grey) Texture: Very fine Minerals Identified: shiny pyrite-like or chalcopyrite-like. Rock Type: Dolerite/ Basalt/ Basement? |
| 11. | 90 | 111 | Dark-grey very fine grained Igneous-highly magnetic rock. Dolerite? Basalt ? The anomaly is resolved by the magnetic igneous (Basalt/Dolerite?) |
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