| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Prospecting Botswana (Pty) Ltd |
| Prospecting License No.: PL7/2000 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -21.12991 , 24.74289 |
| Location: Noanamokwe |
| Start Drill: 0000-00-00 |
| End Drill: 0000-00-00 |
| Borehole Type: Exploration |
| Drilling Method: Core |
| Sample Type: Core |
| Depth of Surface Casing: N/A |
| Azimuth: Degrees |
| Hole Inclination: N/A |
| Collar Elevation: N/A |
| Borehole Water Strike: 62 Metres |
| End of Hole (Depth): 138 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 2 | Dark brown, fine-grained cohesive Sand. |
| 2. | 2 | 5 | Yellowish brown, fine-grained cohesive Sand. |
| 3. | 5 | 16 | Greyish green, calcretised Silcrete with tabular, elongated needle-like shapes (pan-sediments). |
| 4. | 16 | 21 | Dark greenish, calcretised Silcrete with a significant increase in needle shaped fragments which are very hard (pan sediments) |
| 5. | 21 | 29 | Greyish green, fine to medium grained, calcretised Sandstone (very hard), tabular shaped Silcrete fragments abundant. Shiny rounded quartz clasts observed. |
| 6. | 29 | 41 | Greyish brown, very fine-grained calcretised Sandstone, highly contaminated by the overlying Silcrete. |
| 7. | 41 | 47 | Greyish, fine-grained, calcretised, clay-rich Sandstone with super-abundant pyrite. |
| 8. | 47 | 49 | Dark brown, fine-grained weathered Sandstone with reddish spots (oxides), and whitish calcite. |
| 9. | 49 | 50 | Reddish brown, weathered and oxidised Sandstone. |
| 10. | 50 | 60 | Dark greyish, fine-grained, weathered silty mudstone, with calcite veins along bedding planes (thinly laminated), amygdales like minerals of calcite observed |
| 11. | 60 | 62 | Reddish brown, oxidised mixture of siltstone and greyish silty mudstone. |
| 12. | 62 | 63 | Black, thinly laminated carbonaceous mudstone. |
| 13. | 63 | 67 | Reddish brown, thinly laminated siltstone mixed with greyish siltstone, calcite veins prominent. |
| 14. | 67 | 75 | Very black thinly laminated carbonaceous mudstone (Coally) mixed with brown thinly laminated siltstone, and characterised by network of calcite veins along bedding planes. |
| 15. | 75 | 79 | Reddish brown, oxidised, thinly laminated siltstone. |
| 16. | 79 | 89 | Black, very fine-grained, fresh and competent igneous rock. |
| 17. | 89 | 96 | Blackish but grading into greyish, fresh and competent igneous mafic rock. |
| 18. | 96 | 104 | Greyish black, fresh and competent, fine-grained igneous mafic rock. |
| 19. | 104 | 135 | Greyish green to dark greyish black (with depth), fine to medium grained, fresh and competent igneous mafic rock. |
| 20. | 135 | 138 | Greyish to black, fine to medium grained igneous mafic rock (very fresh and competent), with calcite veining. |
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