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Pancontinental Energy NL remains one of the longest-serving independent explorers in Namibia’s offshore sector. From its early work in the Walvis Basin under Petroleum Exploration Licence 37 (PEL 37) to...

Rhino Resources has confirmed a sequence of oil and gas-condensate discoveries offshore Namibia, marking significant progress for the country’s emerging deepwater sector. Operating under Petroleum Exploration Licence 85 (PEL 85),...

Galp Energia has emerged as one of the key players in Namibia’s expanding Orange Basin following a series of discoveries at the Mopane prospect under Petroleum Exploration Licence 83 (PEL...

Shell’s modern Namibian journey began in December 2021, when the company spudded the Graff-1 exploration well in Block 2913A under Petroleum Exploration Licence 39. Located roughly 270 kilometres offshore Oranjemund...

When Shell’s early Orange Basin wells captured global attention in early 2022, TotalEnergies was quietly drilling a few blocks away in some of the deepest waters off southern Africa. On...

Namibia’s offshore basins — Orange, Lüderitz, Walvis and Namibe — together cover about 825,000 square kilometres of the Atlantic margin, according to Namcor. While Namcor’s own resource briefings highlight significant...

The Otavi Mountain Land in northern Namibia is one of Africa’s most storied mineral provinces. Nestled between the towns of Tsumeb, Grootfontein and Otavi, the region’s hills have long been...

When the first shafts were sunk into the ground at Tsumeb in 1907, few could have imagined that the deposit would become one of the most celebrated polymetallic mines in...

If Tsumeb was the crown jewel of the Otavi Mountain Land, then Kombat was its sturdy workhorse. Located about 37 kilometres east of Otavi, Kombat Mine became synonymous with copper...

While copper and silver gave Tsumeb and Kombat their fame, it was vanadium that placed Abenab on the global mining map. Situated about 20 kilometres northeast of Grootfontein, Abenab Mine...