Aldoro Resources is preparing to drill its next Namibian discovery zone — this time chasing heavy rare earths at Omuronga, a flat-lying prospect 50 kilometres north of its flagship Kameelburg carbonatite.
The company has commenced fieldwork across Exclusive Prospecting Licence 4933, targeting a 1-kilometre-wide buried carbonatite intrusive identified through aeromagnetic and soil-geochemical surveys. Laboratory assays from forty surface samples confirmed high rare-earth content, with heavy rare earths (HREE) making up about 18 per cent and neodymium-plus-praseodymium about 26 per cent of the total rare-earth element suite.
Unlike the steep Kameelburg hill, Omuronga sits beneath flat grassland—an environment more typical of ionic-clay-style REE deposits found in Asia and South America. Magnetic data indicate a circular body about 1,500 metres across, with a highly magnetic core roughly 1,000 metres in diameter. The geophysical and geochemical patterns match those of nearby intrusives at Kameelburg, Kalkfeld, and Osongombo, which form part of Namibia’s fertile carbonatite corridor within the central Damara Belt.
Aldoro’s technical review reveals clear supergene enrichment in the weathered soil profile, with high-value heavy REEs and Nd-Pr appearing concentrated near the surface, consistent with tropical weathering over a carbonatite source.
Follow-up drilling, scheduled within weeks, will provide the first definitive test of this anomaly and could confirm a new heavy REE-niobium discovery.
Carbonatites worldwide host much of the planet’s REE, niobium, and phosphate production—from Bayan Obo in China to Araxá in Brazil and Niobec in Canada—making Omuronga a strategically important play.
Chairperson Quinn Li said the start of exploration was “a major milestone” for the company.
“The anomaly shows all the hallmarks of a buried carbonatite system, analogous to known REE-niobium intrusives nearby. With ground surveys already underway and drilling commencing shortly, we are excited to unlock the potential of this highly prospective Namibian project.”
A ground-magnetic survey is now being used to validate previous airborne data and refine drill targets. The maiden drillholes will probe the magnetic and geochemical core to identify the lithological source. Success could position Aldoro as a new entrant in the global critical minerals supply chain, alongside its Namibian Kameelburg and Australian lithium-rubidium projects.
Aldoro Resources Ltd (ASX: ARN) operates from Subiaco, Western Australia, and lists rare earths, niobium, lithium, and rubidium among its key commodities.
In Namibia, Omuronga and Kameelburg together anchor the company’s strategy to establish a sustainable rare-earth hub within southern Africa’s Damara Belt.
