| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Prospecting Botswana (Pty) Ltd |
| Prospecting License No.: PL64/99 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -20.99831 , 24.89869 |
| Location: Makgadikgadi |
| Start Drill: 2005-07-05 |
| End Drill: 2005-07-12 |
| Borehole Type: Exploration |
| Drilling Method: Percussion |
| Sample Type: Core |
| Depth of Surface Casing: N/A |
| Azimuth: Degrees |
| Hole Inclination: N/A |
| Collar Elevation: N/A |
| Borehole Water Strike: 56 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 77 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | 0 | 3 | Yellowish brown, very fine-grained, clay-rich (cohesive) Sand mixed with weathered calcrete. No indicator minerals observed up to the end of hole. |
| 3. | 0 | 3 | Yellowish brown, very fine-grained, clay-rich (cohesive) Sand mixed with weathered calcrete. No indicator minerals observed up to the end of hole. |
| 4. | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | 3 | 5 | Pale green to light brown weathered calcrete and Silcrete. |
| 6. | 3 | 5 | Pale green to light brown weathered calcrete and Silcrete. |
| 7. | 5 | 12 |
| 8. | 5 | 12 | Pale green calcretised Silcrete (very hard) mixed with calcretised tabular shaped coarse grained Silcrete fragments. |
| 9. | 5 | 12 | Pale green calcretised Silcrete (very hard) mixed with calcretised tabular shaped coarse grained Silcrete fragments. |
| 10. | 12 | 22 |
| 11. | 12 | 22 | Light greenish to grey, medium to coarse grained calcretised Silcrete fragments, with high clay content. |
| 12. | 12 | 22 | Light greenish to grey, medium to coarse grained calcretised Silcrete fragments, with high clay content. |
| 13. | 22 | 30 |
| 14. | 22 | 30 | Greenish grey, medium to coarse grained calcretised Sandstone with tabular shaped (stalagmides and stalagtides like). Highly contaminated by the overlying Silcrete. |
| 15. | 22 | 30 | Greenish grey, medium to coarse grained calcretised Sandstone with tabular shaped (stalagmides and stalagtides like). Highly contaminated by the overlying Silcrete. |
| 16. | 30 | 41 |
| 17. | 30 | 41 | Pale greenish to grey, very fine-grained calcretised Sandstone (very hard). |
| 18. | 30 | 41 | Pale greenish to grey, very fine-grained calcretised Sandstone (very hard). |
| 19. | 41 | 46 |
| 20. | 41 | 46 | Greenish brown, medium to coarse grained, moderately weathered igneous rock, characterised by calcite and metallic shiny platey minerals randomly oriented.- highly magnetic.(Dolerite or Basalt?) |
| 21. | 41 | 46 | Greenish brown, medium to coarse grained, moderately weathered igneous rock, characterised by calcite and metallic shiny platey minerals randomly oriented.- highly magnetic.(Dolerite or Basalt?) |
| 22. | 46 | 64 |
| 23. | 46 | 64 | Dark grey to black, very fresh and competent igneus rock with shiny metallic mineral and calcite. The magnetic susceptibility of the unit is very high. |
| 24. | 46 | 64 | Dark grey to black, very fresh and competent igneus rock with shiny metallic mineral and calcite. The magnetic susceptibility of the unit is very high. |
| 25. | 64 | 77 |
| 26. | 64 | 77 | Dark grey to black, very fresh and competent igneus rock with shiny metallic minerals decreasing with depth and calcite. The magnetic susceptibility of the unit is very high. |
| 27. | 64 | 77 | Dark grey to black, very fresh and competent igneus rock with shiny metallic minerals decreasing with depth and calcite. The magnetic susceptibility of the unit is very high. |
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