A possible new gold discovery stretching six kilometres has emerged in Namibia, with a Canadian-listed miner preparing its first major drilling campaign after fresh exploration results strengthened evidence of a substantial mineralised system beneath the surface.
Ongwe Minerals said its newly discovered Nguni prospect has now produced a continuous six-kilometre gold-in-soil anomaly, up from the more than five kilometres initially identified when the company announced the discovery in June.
Fresh results from an intensive soil sampling programme returned 50 samples containing more than 300 parts per billion of gold, with the strongest assay reaching 1,310ppb.
The company will now begin a maiden 5,000-metre diamond drilling programme in August, alongside reverse-circulation drilling, in what will be the first significant test of whether the extensive surface anomaly continues underground.
Nguni is part of Ongwe’s Omatjete Gold Project and was discovered only in May during a regional exploration programme targeting the Okondeka Fault Zone, a structure that is becoming increasingly important in Namibia’s emerging gold exploration industry.
