Sono Resources has announced the generation of the initial 12 drilling targets and has commenced the drill program at its Bonnyridge copper-silver project located in Africa.
Drill Targets at Bonnyridge Project
The company specifically generated these drilling targets from the analysis of high-resolution airborne magnetic (HRAM) information, which was produced during the late 2011, while preparing for the 2012 drill program that was originally planned to commence in January. High-quality results are obtained from HRAM data, which offer significant insight into the geological and structural setting.
This drilling program is specially designed for examining the occurrence of sediment-hosted mineralized silver and copper on the primary targets to around 150 m depth.
Geological analysis has recommended that the geological growth of this Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) portion experienced two tectonic episodes, namely a simple compressive regime that created the ubiquitous anticlines and synclines found all over the belt and a later compression.
Several Reidel thrusting and structural elements have been overprinted by this second episode. According to geologist Luc Antoine from Sono Resources, the company structurally controls the Bonnyridge license blocks’ geology and the HRAM information is allowing for a better insight into the analysis. Many priority targets received from the HRAM data analysis matches with the geophysical anomalies.
The location of Bonnyridge licenses are in the KCB’s central part in Botswana that is featured broadly as the south-western expansion of the Democratic Republic of Congo or Zambian copper belt, running into Namibia and through Botswana.