Leviathan Metals (TSX-V:LVX) has begun a 10,000m diamond core drilling program at the Central Project on the Kalahari Copper Belt of Botswana.
The program is designed to target potential sediment-hosted copper mineralisation of the style and magnitude observed at MMG’s (HKG:1208) adjoining Khoemacau property.
Over 20km of the prospective contact has been interpreted at Central from recent airborne electromagnetic survey data, as well as from high-resolution ground magnetic surveys completed in 2023-24.
COO Jeremy Crozier says the budget for the program allows the company to perform work at a property scale, casting a net around the full extent of Central’s dome structure.
“We are very excited to have commenced drilling of this remarkable target — with the objective of demonstrating the potential of Central to host further Khoemacau-type mineralisation,” Crozier says.
Drilling works are being performed by Mitchell Drilling International, using a Sandvik DE710 diamond rig.
The Central Project displays similar geological characteristics to those observed at Khoemacau, which Leviathan says makes the property prospective for a tier one copper discovery.
Leviathan Metals is a Canada-based mineral explorer listed on the TSX-V and Germany.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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