Andrada Mining CEO Anthony Viljoen says the Brandberg West project’s initial drilling results are highly encouraging and feature significant high-grade tin, tungsten, and copper intersections.

The Brandberg West project is situated within exploration license EPL 5445 in the Erongo region of Namibia.

The project area is approximately 100 km from the Uis Tin Mine, Andrada Mining’s flagship asset.

Gold Fields Limited owned and operated the historical open pit mine at Brandberg West

until the 1980s, with the cessation of exploration activities coinciding with a global collapse of the tin price.

The historical Brandberg West mine produced a tin and tungsten concentrate with secondary copper, which was reported but never concentrated and sold.

Viljoen says the mineralisation occurs within multiple generations of quartz veins that trend east-west and northwest-southeast.

He says most of these mineralised veins are sub-vertical and well-exposed within the historically mined and surrounding areas.

“These intersections underscore the license’s commercial potential, with grades of up to 4% for tin, over 2% for tungsten, and typically 0.5%-2% for copper.

“Notably, Brandberg West expands Andrada’s portfolio of critical metals to include tungsten and copper.

“This reinforces the company’s belief that the Erongo region in Namibia is a promising mineral-rich area with a substantial inventory that supports our key objective of growing the resource base,” Viljoen says.

He adds the results validate Andrada’s approach of developing areas with historical mining activity to bolster our portfolio.