Australian-listed Aldoro Resources has completed 866.2 metres of diamond drilling at its Avondschaduw copper-gold prospect in central Namibia, intersecting visible copper-bearing sulphide mineralisation in both drillholes.
In an exploration update issued on Wednesday, the company said its maiden drilling programme comprised two holes, AD001 and AD002, which reached depths of 532.7 metres and 333.5 metres, respectively.
Both drillholes intersected sulphide mineralisation, including pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite, a copper-bearing mineral, within target zones previously identified through induced polarisation (IP) geophysical surveys.
The company said the drilling results supported the presence of a sulphide-bearing system across a 700-metre strike corridor at Avondschaduw, located northeast of its flagship Kameelburg Project.
“Both holes intersected visible pyrrhotite (po), pyrite (py), and chalcopyrite (cp) mineralisation across the target depth zones predicted by the 2026 Induced Polarisation (IP) survey,” the company stated.
The second drillhole, AD002, intersected a continuous 41.8-metre sulphide-bearing zone between depths of 182.7 metres and 224.5 metres.
The first drillhole, AD001, encountered more than 250 metres of combined hydrothermally altered rock zones.
Aldoro Executive Chair Quinn Lee said the drilling results supported the company’s exploration strategy and confirmed the effectiveness of its geophysical targeting programme.
“Confirming a substantial bedrock sulphide system across a 700-metre strike corridor demonstrates that our systematic geophysical targeting can rapidly unlock new discovery opportunities within the Damara Belt,” Lee said.
However, the company cautioned that the findings were based on preliminary visual observations of drill core, with laboratory analysis still required to establish copper and gold concentrations and grades.
Aldoro said 47 half-core samples from the first drillhole had been delivered to an analytical laboratory in Otjiwarongo for gold and multi-element testing.
A further 62 half-core samples from the second drillhole had been cut and prepared on site ahead of laboratory dispatch.
“Core cutting and bagging for AD001 (47 half-core samples) are complete and the samples have been delivered to the analytical laboratory in Otjiwarongo, Namibia for gold and multi-element assay. A further 62 half-core samples from AD002 have been cut and prepared on site to date ahead of laboratory dispatch,” the company said.
Following completion of the Avondschaduw drilling programme, Aldoro is relocating its drilling equipment to the Kameelburg Project, where three additional diamond drillholes are planned to investigate high-grade niobium mineralisation targets.
The company said laboratory results from Avondschaduw would inform the next phase of copper-gold exploration at the prospect.
