Noronex Limited is following the Kalahari Copper Belt into Botswana and has lodged two strategically located Prospecting Licences adjacent to its Damara Copper Project in Namibia.
Noronex has a JORC 2012 resource of 10 MT @ 1.3% Cu at its Witvlei Project in Namibia.
Noronex has lodged applications for two Prospecting Licences in Botswana with the Department of Mines to cover extensive parts of this prospective region.
The applications under Senyetse Resources (Pty) Ltd are PL000030/2025-APP for 721.87 square kilometres and PL000032/2025-APP for 745.40 square kilometres.
The Licences cover nearly 1,500 square kilometres of previously unexplored terrain.
Based on extrapolation, the area is expected to be covered by between 10 and 80 m of Kalahari sands.
Noronex has set up a new subsidiary, Tilodi Metals Botswana Proprietary Limited.
The chief geologist, Bruce Hooper, said applying the Central African Copper Belt’s basement deposit models in both Namibia and Botswana could represent a significant breakthrough for the potential of the Kalahari Copper Belt.
Noronex has also announced the reverse circulation drill rig operating at its Fiesta Project has relocated and commenced drilling at the Otjiuapehuri Prospect in Namibia, which lies on the Namibia-Botswana border in an isolated region of the Hoveka Traditional Authority.
A camp has been set up, and drilling has commenced, intersecting 70 m of the Kalahari sand as expected.
The company says magnetic interpretation shows a complex magnetic signature with several reverse polarity bullseye circular features.
According to Noronex, interpreting the recent gravity survey has been very informative, although it is unclear what the basement features are geologically, as no drilling has ever been completed in this region.
The company considers that there are both high magnetic-dense stratigraphic units and intrusive complexes.
“There is a high probability that part of the complexity in the signatures is due to alteration through the movement of hydrothermal fluids.
“This could be associated with mineralisation. In Botswana, similar belt extensions are expected from government survey interpretations,” Noronex said.
