Kalahari Copper Project
Cu – Ag
Location
Khomas & Omaheke regions, Namibia
Property size
745,498 hectares
Key Highlights
745,498 hectares along the Kalahari Copper Belt, one of southern Africa’s most significant copper-silver provinces
Licence package bounded by Rio Tinto to the southwest and Sandfire Resources to the northeast
Same geological formations as the Khoemacau deposit, sold for US$1.9 billion
Sandfire Resources, active on the same belt, carries a market capitalization of approximately US$2.2 billion
EU-funded UNDERCOVER research programme supporting advanced deep exploration technology in the region
The Kalahari Copper Belt
The Kalahari Copper Belt is a major sediment-hosted copper-silver province stretching northeast from northern Namibia into Botswana, with geological similarities to the prolific Central African Copperbelt. Copper and silver mineralization is primarily found at the contact between the D’Kar Formation and the underlying Ngwako Pan Formation, showing strong structural associations with faults, domes, and thrust systems.
Botswana’s portion of the belt has attracted significant attention, with the MMG-operated Khoemacau mine establishing the commercial scale of the system, and Sandfire Resources’ Motheo operation further demonstrating the belt’s production potential.
In Namibia, the extension of the Kalahari Copper Belt is largely covered by sand, limiting the effectiveness of conventional surface exploration. Despite this, previous work has confirmed the presence of the right geological stratigraphy, favourable structural features, and demonstrated copper-silver fertility, both at the D’Kar contact and within the D’Kar formation itself.
Nearby Kalahari Success
The commercial and exploration success of adjacent operators reinforces the prospectivity of the Kalahari Copper Belt and the strategic value of Safi Silver’s land position. Noronex, an active explorer in the Namibian portion of the belt, has reported encouraging drill results at its Fiesta Prospect, confirming copper-silver mineralization along the same rock layers found within Safi Silver’s licence area.
