Midnight Sun’s Solwezi project in Zambia is WhyAfrica’s Pick Of The Week

Midnight Sun’s Solwezi project in Zambia is WhyAfrica’s Pick Of The Week

Diamond drilling is underway at the Solwezi copper project.   

By Leon Louw founder of WhyAfrica and editor of the WhyAfrica magazine.   

TSX listed Midnight Sun Mining’s Solwezi copper project in Zambia is located in one of the top mining jurisdictions in the world.

Right in the heart of the Zambia-Congo Copperbelt, the Solwezi project is surrounded by prolific existing copper mines and other mineral exploration projects.

In the heart of the Copper Belt

First Quantum’s Kansanshi operation, Africa’s largest copper mining complex, is Midnight Sun’s immediate neighbour.

Led by an experienced geological team with multiple discoveries and mines around the world to their credit, Midnight Sun’s goal is to find and develop Zambia’s next generational copper deposit.

Earlier this month the company reported that diamond drilling is underway at the Kazhiba Target 2 sulphide copper target at Solwezi.

According to Midnight Sun’s President and CEO, Al Fabbro Kazhiba Target 2 represents an exciting opportunity to reach a major new milestone for Midnight Sun.

Phased approach to exploration

“By utilising a phased sequence of exploration methods, we have checked all the boxes to prepare for this initial drill program, and I am extremely excited for the results of the hard work being done by our technical team,” says Fabbro.

“The planned six to eight diamond drill holes totalling approximately 1,000 metres are designed to test the ~four-kilometre by two-kilometre Kazhiba sulphide copper target, where the company has identified an overlapping copper signature in Partial Ionic Leach testing, a strong VTEM geophysical anomaly, and high chargeability / low resistivity responses from induced polarization geophysics all coinciding with geology consistent to most deposits in the Zambian Copperbelt.

A water supply borehole has been completed. The first diamond drill hole has a target depth of 150 metres. For more visit the WhyAfrica website.

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Midnight Sun’s Solwezi project in Zambia is WhyAfrica’s Pick Of The Week