Aldoro Resources has reported its longest continuous mineralised intercept to date at the Kameelburg rare earths project in Namibia after drill hole DD008D returned 503.98 metres grading 1.30% total rare earth oxides, 4.01% strontium carbonate, 0.17% niobium oxide and 190 parts per million molybdenum from surface.
The company said the hole confirms that the Kameelburg carbonatite system remains mineralised across its entire eastern flank and throughout the full drilled depth of the hole, while also remaining open at depth.
DD008D was drilled to a final depth of 503.98 metres on the eastern flank of the carbonatite and is now regarded as one of the most significant assay results reported to date at the project, owing to its combination of continuous mineralisation, scale, and high-grade deeper zones.
Within the broader mineralised interval, Aldoro identified three higher-grade internal layers.
The upper layer returned a combined 129 metres grading 1.67% total rare earth oxides, 4.91% strontium carbonate, 0.20% niobium oxide and 210 parts per million molybdenum from near surface.
The middle layer returned 177 metres grading 1.34% total rare earth oxides, 4.35% strontium carbonate, 0.21% niobium oxide and 184 parts per million molybdenum between 155 metres and 332 metres depth.
The strongest grades were reported in the lower layer at the bottom of the hole, which returned 27 metres grading 2.39% total rare earth oxides, 6.3% strontium carbonate, 0.11% niobium oxide and 168 parts per million molybdenum from 477 metres to 503.98 metres.
Aldoro said the lower layer returned the highest combined rare earth and strontium grades encountered in DD008D and reinforced a broader trend of increasing grade with depth previously identified elsewhere within the Kameelburg system.
The company also said broad zones grading above 4% strontium carbonate throughout the hole and intervals exceeding 6% strontium carbonate further strengthened the potential for strontium to emerge as a major secondary commodity at Kameelburg.
DD008D forms part of Aldoro’s Phase II drilling programme, which has now completed 15 holes for a total of 7,190 metres. Nine Phase II holes have been fully assayed, while results from a further six holes remain pending.
The company said DD008D and companion hole DD008G, which is still awaiting assays, are expected to contribute substantial tonnage to the updated Mineral Resource Estimate scheduled for release in June.
Aldoro added that its Smart 8 drilling rig is now being mobilised for bulk sampling work at Kameelburg to accelerate metallurgical test work and future development studies.
The company is also prioritising a deeper follow-up drill hole from the DD008 pad to test the high-grade-at-depth trend identified in the lower layer.
Kameelburg is being developed as a multi-commodity rare earths, strontium, niobium and molybdenum project in Namibia, with Aldoro saying recent drilling continues confirming mineralisation extending in all directions from the central core of the carbonatite complex.
