Botswana · national situation
Mineral intelligence war room
What the state knows, where evidence is thin, which ground is ready. Every number traces to a source.
Commodity Repository snapshot 09 Sep 2026 08:42 · cadastre reconciled 08 Sep
Reports extracted
8,412 / 11,236
+612 this week
Boreholes
61,905
+9,078 recovered
Geochem coverage
13.6 % of land
from 10.9%
Ranked targets
10 7 signed
2 pending CP
Data-room views
47
+19 this week
Review queue
128 pages
-41 today
Lens
60.0° field
Basemap
Sensor2
Holographic film: cool body, Sunglow highlights, scan lines.
Akili insights
AI-generated from cited records
KCB-CU-014 sits on open ground with a stable rank across sensitivity runs. Kavango's PL 003/2025 borders it to the west; the contact trend continues 18 km east with no tenure.
li-v1.4 depends on 4 boreholes with brine chemistry and no lab QA record. A 20-site sampling campaign lifts Sua Pan North from unstable to stable in the sensitivity test.
22,000 samples over Motheo would double soil coverage on the copperbelt. Request sent 28 Aug under NDA template; escalate through EICB focal point.
Holding h6 AI-generatedThe Kalahari Copperbelt data room shows repeat sessions from two funds and one major on KCB-CU-014 and KCB-CU-021 in the last 48 hours.
Data room audit AI-generated
Live news
Crawl · RSS backup
RSS backup Botswana · 100 articles · 2026-11-13 23:12
- Botswana chooses Gareth Penny-led group’s bid for De Beers - Mining.comMining.com · 4d rss
- De Beers transfers $75 million to Botswana as diamond economy searches for life beyond mining - Business Insider AfricaBusiness Insider Africa · 23d rss
- Leviathan follows the copper clues in Botswana’s Kalahari Belt - Mining.com.auMining.com.au · 34h Cu rss
- Botswana’s Diamonds: The Gem That Transformed a Nation’s History - TheCollectorTheCollector · 44h rss
- Explorer Talonx raises $545K to drill Botswana copper, WA gold - DealroomDealroom · 16d Cu Au rss
- Four copper targets defined at Aterian’s Botswana licence - Mining WeeklyMining Weekly · 5d Cu rss
Live activity
- 66d Batch BGI-R-0412 loaded38 reports, 2,140 pages, 96% machine confidence · Soma
- 66d 12 low-confidence pages queuedGS-0212 handwritten sketch maps · Soma
- 66d cu-v3.2 signed offBlind-site hit rate 0.86, 10 targets ranked · T. Kgosi
- 67d BCL archive batch 3 returned112 items signed back to MME registry · Geothax field team
- 67d Data room opened: Kalahari Copperbelt3 accredited investors granted 30 days · EICB
- 67d Cu pathfinder map v2 releasedCartographic and CP gates passed · GIS
- 67d Cadastre weekly reconciliation14 licences updated, 2 expired, 1 new application · Integration
- 68d CR-1141 verified31 soil lines, 3 RAB holes accepted · M. Mokgatlhe
- 68d li-v1.4 flagged unstableSua Pan North moves 2 ranks under sensitivity · AI/ML
Ranked exploration targets
ROPO-aligned, weighted-composite score, competent-person adjudicated
| # | Target | Commodity | Score | Confidence | Class | Ground | Area km² | Stability | CP decision | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KCB-CU-014 Ngwako Pan West | Cu Copper | 0.91 | 82% | High | Open ground | 184 | Stable | accepted | |
| 2 | KCB-CU-021 Boseto South Extension | Cu Copper | 0.87 | 79% | High | Khoemacau Copper Mining | 96 | Stable | accepted | |
| 3 | MKG-LI-003 Sua Pan North Brine | Li Lithium | 0.78 | 58% | High | Open ground | 312 | Unstable | modified | |
| 4 | SPK-NI-007 Selebi North Offset | Ni Nickel | 0.84 | 85% | High | Premium Nickel Resources | 41 | Stable | accepted | |
| 5 | GCW-REE-002 Gcwihaba Skarn Corridor | REE Rare earths | 0.66 | 46% | Medium | Open ground | 128 | Unstable | pending | |
| 6 | TAT-AU-011 Vumba Greenstone East | Au Gold | 0.73 | 71% | Medium | Tati Nickel Mining | 58 | Stable | accepted | |
| 7 | LET-U-004 Serule Palaeochannel | U Uranium | 0.69 | 63% | Medium | Application | 220 | Stable | accepted |
Data coverage by class
Share of national land area
Geology 1:250k Class B
100% Airborne magnetics Class A
71% Gravity Class B
88% Radiometrics Class B
44% Soil geochemistry Class A
13.6% Drilling density Class B
9% Cadastre Class A
100% Hyperspectral Class C
2% Model validation
Copper · cu-v3.2 · signed 2026-09-08
Blind sites
12/14
80% capture
12% area
Signed by
T. Kgosi, Pr.Sci.Nat
Collection tracker
Custodian holdings, this week
Authorised
7
Awaiting reply
2
Restricted / refused
2
Items in custody
82
- Sandfire Resources · Motheo regional geochemistry requested
- University of Botswana · MSc and PhD theses, Tati and Vumba requested
- Private collection · Tati field notebooks 1968 to 1984 refused
Review queue
Low-confidence pages awaiting a geoscientist
- 61%GS-0212 Francistown district gold workings (1934)p.14 · log · K. Dlamini
- 52%GS-0212 Francistown district gold workings (1934)p.21 · map · K. Dlamini
- 69%DWA borehole log BH-7712, Sua Panp.2 · table · M. Mokgatlhe
- 58%BCL drill log SP-1088 (microfiche)p.1 · mixed · Unassigned
Confidence class scheme B Open queue