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	Borehole Number: 105/24/X004/H1


	Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
	Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
	Coordinates Type: WGS 84
	Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
	Coordinates: -22.700756 , 26.230677
	Location: Moralane


	Start Drill: 1996-01-01
	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: N/A
	Collar Elevation: N/A
	Borehole Water Strike: N/A
	End of Hole (Depth): 86 Metres
	Hole Diameter: N/A


	Log Formation:

No.	From (m)	To (m)	Log Formation

Loose unconsolidated red-browm feriginous sands. Clast predominantly feldspar, quartz and ferricrete.

Buff sub to immature nodular medium to fine-grained moderate to poorly sorted calcareous sandstone.

Buff-grey mottled massive cryptocrystalline calcreted silcrete.

Buff/pale-grey massive calcareous silcrete with fine-grained moderately sorted submature sandstone fragments.

Buff-grey massive submature fine-grained poorly sorted calcareous sandstone.

Pale purple massive uniform fine-grained moderately sorted mature calcareous sand/siltstone coarsering towards base.

Purple-brown mature mud/claystone with sandstone contaminants from upper horizons. E.O.H