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	Borehole Number: 105/24/DT4/H6


	Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
	Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
	Coordinates Type: WGS 84
	Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
	Coordinates: -22.788489 , 26.230095
	Location: Moralane


	Start Drill: 1900-01-02
	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: 1254 Metres
	Borehole Water Strike: N/A
	End of Hole (Depth): 56 Metres
	Hole Diameter: N/A


	Log Formation:

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

U Kalahari - loose and unconsolidated coarse grained and ferruginous red brown quartz/Chert gritty Sands and minor calcrete

U Kalahari - massive and mature reddish brown coloured ferricreted grey black mottled Silcrete - calcreted in places

L Kalahari - massive and uniform textured, white and fine grained moderate to well sorted and mature matrix supported calcareous Sandstone with Silcrete lenses in places

Ntane Fm - massive and mature white coloured medium to fine grained poorly sorted and matrix supported Sandstone with minor Silcrete lenses in places

Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature light grey and pale purple bleached fine grained and clay matrix supported uniform textured and well sorted Sand/siltstone with mottled Silcrete lenses in places

Mosolotshane Fm - massive and sub to mature pinkish white medium to coarse grained sugary textured and siliceous matrix supported arenitic Sandstone

Mosolotshane Fm - bleached purple and light greenish/grey well sorted and mature very fine grained laminated siltstone/Shale intermixed with coarse grained sugary textured and poorly sorted Sandstone lenses