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Jacaranda identifies copper trend at Botswana’s Motloutse project
Jacaranda Natural Resources found a copper trend at Tlou, a target within its Motloutse project in eastern Botswana.
The trend runs for about 50 metres through a historical pit, and eight of 12 samples there had more than 1% copper.
Across Motloutse, the company collected 23 rock-chip samples from six pits; results ranged from 0.14% to 2.00%, with a repeat test confirming a peak of 2.09%.
The surface copper has not been tested at depth, so the company wants to drill beneath it to look for primary copper mineralisation.
Botswana is seeking to diversify its mining sector, where diamonds account for about 70% of exports.
Drilling is targeted for December 2026 to February 2027, after more mapping and sampling and subject to approvals and the drilling rig finishing work at Jacaranda’s Globe project.
Jacaranda Natural Resources says rock-chip sampling identified a copper trend at its Motloutse project in Botswana.
The trend extends about 50 metres along a near north-south structure through the historical Tlou pit.
Eight of 12 Tlou samples contained more than 1% copper, with a peak result of 2% and a laboratory repeat of 2.09%.
Across the project, 12 of 23 samples returned more than 1% copper, with results ranging from 0.14% to 2.00%.
Jacaranda plans further mapping and sampling before maiden drilling, targeted for December 2026 to February 2027, subject to approvals and rig availability.
- Who
- Jacaranda Natural Resources.
- What
- Rock-chip sampling identified a copper trend at the Tlou target within the Motloutse project.
- When
- The article was published on 2 November 2026. Maiden drilling is targeted for December 2026 to February 2027.
- Where
- The Motloutse project in eastern Botswana, particularly the historical Tlou pit.
- Why
- The sampling results led Jacaranda to consider Tlou a priority target ahead of maiden drilling.
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Jacaranda collected 23 rock-chip samples from six pits across the Motloutse project.
Assays identified Tlou as a priority target, with eight of its 12 samples above 1% copper.
Jacaranda plans more mapping and rock-chip sampling around Tlou and the historical pits.
Maiden drilling is targeted, subject to approvals and the rig completing phase one at Globe.
- Project area
- 228 km²
- Samples
- 23 rock-chip samples from six pits
- Samples above 1% copper
- 12 of 23 across Motloutse
- Tlou peak copper result
- 2%; laboratory repeat returned 2.09%
- Copper trend length
- About 50 metres
- Target drilling period
- December 2026 to February 2027
What people are saying
The assays confirm what we observed in the field, with rock chips up to 2.0% Cu and more than half the samples above 1% Cu.
We will move the rig to Motloutse once phase one at Globe is complete, subject to approvals, and test what lies beneath the oxide copper.