| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
| Prospecting License No.: PL109/88 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -22.758756 , 26.24168 |
| 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): 286 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: N/A |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 4 | Unconsolidated,coarse-grained,aeolian granitic sands dominated by quartz,feldspar,silcrete,ferricrete clasts. |
| 2. | 4 | 10 | Dark grey-black,massive,mottled,mature calcreted silcrete. |
| 3. | 10 | 22 | Buff-white,massive,sub to mature,well sorted,argillaceous and ubiquitously silcreted calcareous sand/siltstone. |
| 4. | 22 | 69 | Purple-grey,mature,well sorted,argillaceous,calcareous shale/siltstone. |
| 5. | 69 | 70 | Pale purple,white,spotted,mature,carbonaceous mudstone. |
| 6. | 70 | 71 | Coarse-grained quartzitic/feldspathic gritstone with pale-greyish-green shale clasts. |
| 7. | 71 | 77 | Buff to pale grey uniform calcareous clay/siltstone. |
| 8. | 77 | 79 | Pale purple to buff-grey, mature, carbonceous, spotted mudstone/siltstone. |
| 9. | 79 | 120 | Grey to purple, uniform shale with motled mud clasts. |
| 10. | 120 | 137 | Light-grey massive and uniform, competent and mature non-calcareous silty shale. |
| 11. | 137 | 172 | Dark greenish-grey/black,uniform,massive,mature,carbonaceous,spotted,micaceous,silty shale. |
| 12. | 172 | 179 | Light-grey black,medium to coarse-grained,massive,mature,well sorted,arenitic,carbonaceous greywacke/qyartzwacke. |
| 13. | 179 | 200 | Dull dark-grey,mature,vitraneous shaly coal with vitreous coal ceams betwwen 196-200m. |
| 14. | 200 | 205 | Light-grey,massive,mature,well sorted,slightly organic shale/siltstone. |
| 15. | 205 | 233 | Dull dark-grey black mature and vitraneous shaly coal. |
| 16. | 233 | 235 | Dark-grey,massive,mature,wellsorted,argillaceous,carbonaceous,shaly siltstone which grades into a coarse,arenitic carbonaceous quartzwacke at base. |
| 17. | 235 | 246 | Dull dark-grey black massive and mature competent carbonaceous shale. |
| 18. | 246 | 250 | Light to dull-grey,medium to coarse-grained,arenitic,well sorted,mature,carbonaceous quartzwacke. |
| 19. | 250 | 257 | Dull dark-grey black,massive,mature,competent,carbonaceous shale with shaly coal seams at 253-256m. |
| 20. | 257 | 261 | Missing sample. |
| 21. | 261 | 271 | Greenish-grey,fine to medium-grained,crystalline,massive,feldspathic granophyre,variously weathered and altered. |
| 22. | 271 | 280 | Missing sample. |
| 23. | 280 | 286 | Dull greenish-grey-black, altered, fine to medium-grained, feldspathic granophyre. E.O.H |
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