Askari Metals Limited plans to launch a broad exploration campaign at its Uis Project in Namibia, including reverse circulation drilling across four pegmatite targets, new trenching programmes and soil surveys aimed at advancing the project toward a maiden mineral resource.
The company said drilling will begin in the second half of 2026, initially targeting the OP pegmatite before expanding to the DP, PS, and K9 targets, with the latter also earmarked for a maiden diamond-drilling campaign due to its spodumene-rich potential.
Additional work will include a soil and geochemical survey on the underexplored EPL 7626 licence, further mapping and rock chip sampling across EPL 7345, and a Phase I trenching programme on EPL 8535, as Askari moves to define the scale of mineralisation across its 380km² landholding in the Cape Cross–Uis pegmatite belt.
The planned work follows encouraging results from Phase I trenching at the PS pegmatite target, which confirmed continuous polymetallic mineralisation across tin, lithium, tantalum, rubidium and caesium.
Peak results from trenching included grades of up to 6,670 ppm tin, 0.49% lithium oxide, 465 ppm tantalum, 2,020 ppm rubidium and 134 ppm caesium, reinforcing the project’s multi-commodity potential and validating earlier exploration.
Systematic trenching at approximately 40-metre spacing exposed a 260-metre strike length at the main PS pegmatite, along with a parallel structure extending about 140 metres, both of which remain open and are expected to extend at depth.
The results build on previous mapping, rock chip sampling and limited reverse circulation drilling across EPL 7345, which had already returned high-grade mineralisation, including lithium values of up to 3.05% Li₂O.
Askari said the trenching programme has strengthened confidence in the continuity of mineralisation across multiple pegmatites, while improving geological understanding and generating high-confidence drill targets for the next phase.
Executive director Gino D’Anna said the company is now focused on converting these results into a defined resource.
“These results not only validate the previously limited exploration, they also generate robust, high-confidence drill targets. We plan to move the Uis Project into the next phase of development through systematic drilling designed to confirm the scale of the pegmatites and deliver a maiden JORC resource,” he said.
The Uis Project is located adjacent to the producing Uis Tin Mine, operated by Andrada Mining Limited, and benefits from established infrastructure, including road access to the Walvis Bay deepwater port, less than 230 kilometres away.
With multiple pegmatite targets identified and only partially tested, Askari is positioning the project as a district-scale critical minerals play, targeting metals increasingly linked to energy transition technologies and advanced manufacturing.
Further assay results from the K9 target are expected in May, as the company works toward delivering a maiden mineral resource estimate later this year.
