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Talonx identifies copper drill targets at Botswana project
Talonx Resources has identified copper targets at its Kihabe project in north-west Botswana.
The project covers about 1,000 square kilometres, and the company reviewed old drilling, soil tests and geological data to find areas for further exploration.
Historical drilling found copper mineralisation, but the reported intersections do not show whether the mineralisation is continuous across the area.
Kihabe also has zinc, lead and silver resources, but copper is not included in those estimates.
Talonx has completed soil sampling at Gossan, its first priority, and is waiting for laboratory results to help refine drill locations.
The company plans near-term drilling after it combines these results with further mapping and geochemical work.
Talonx Resources has identified multiple priority copper exploration targets at its Kihabe project in north-west Botswana.
The roughly 1,000-square-kilometre project includes prospects identified from historical drilling, soil geochemistry and geological data.
The company is combining copper and zinc geochemistry with geological and structural mapping to refine drill locations.
Gossan is the initial priority, and laboratory assays from completed soil sampling are pending.
Historical drilling at the Kihabe deposit intersected copper mineralisation, but its continuity across about 800 metres of strike has not been demonstrated.
- Who
- Talonx Resources, an Australian-listed explorer.
- What
- It identified multiple priority copper exploration targets and is refining locations for near-term drilling.
- When
- The article was published on 19 October 2026. The timing of drilling is not stated.
- Where
- The Kihabe project in north-west Botswana.
- Why
- The company is investigating copper and base-metal mineralisation; copper is not included in the existing Kihabe and Nxuu resource estimates.
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Drilling at the Kihabe deposit intersected copper mineralisation.
Talonx completed systematic soil sampling at Gossan, with laboratory assays pending.
The company is integrating geochemistry with geological and structural mapping to refine drill locations.
- Project area
- Roughly 1,000 square kilometres
- Initial priority
- Gossan
- Historical copper intersections
- 7 metres at 1.04% copper from 71 metres
- Strike length
- About 800 metres; continuity of copper mineralisation has not been demonstrated
- Existing Kihabe and Nxuu resources
- 27 million tonnes of Indicated and Inferred resources at a 0.5% zinc-equivalent cut-off