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	Borehole Number: 105/24/X004


	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: 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: 1229 Metres
	Borehole Water Strike: N/A
	End of Hole (Depth): 86 Metres
	Hole Diameter: N/A


	Log Formation:

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

U Kalahari - loose, unconsolidated red brown ferruginous Sands. Few +2mm chips recovered. Clasts predominantly feldspar, quartz and ferricrete

U Kalahari - buff, sub to immature, nodular and medium to fine grained, moderate to poorly sorted calcareous Sandstone

U Kalahari - buff grey mottled and massive crypto-crystalline calcreted Silcrete

L Kalahari - pale grey massive calcareous Silcrete with fine grained moderately sorted sub mature Sandstone fragments

L Kalahari - pale grey massive and sub mature fine grained and poorly sorted calcareous Sandstone

Mosolotshane Fm - pale purple massive and uniform fine grained, moderately sorted mature calcareous Sand/siltstone coarsening towards base

Mosolotshane Fm - purple brown mature mud/Claystone with Sandstone contaminants from upper horizons