BeMetals Interview Series: Zambia

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Meeting Overview The meeting focused on the exploration activities and potential of a property located in the Central African Copper Belt. The discussion highlighted the geological challenges of the area, recent drilling results, and future plans for exploration, including partnerships and funding. Key Discussion Points - Overview of the Central African Copper Belt and its significance in copper production. - Description of the geological challenges posed by Kalahari sand cover in the region. - Summary of past drilling activities and results, including air core and core drilling phases from 2018 to 2020. - Discussion of promising anomalies and mineral indicators found during drilling. - Financial status of the company, including a strong cash position and new joint venture partnership with Jogmech. - Plans for the 2021 drilling program, including infill and step-out drilling strategies. Decisions Made - No explicit decisions recorded. Action Items & Next Steps - [Unassigned] : Final...

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[Speaker identities could not be resolved; generic labels used] [00:07] Speaker 1: It's definitely 1 of our favorite locations in the world. [00:11] Speaker 1: Central African Copper Belt produces, [00:14] Speaker 1: it's 1 of the most prolific copper producing areas [00:17] Speaker 1: in the globe. [00:20] Speaker 1: We're really excited to be down here because we have [00:24] Speaker 1: a really terrific property. [00:27] Speaker 1: For those who don't really know the Central African Copper Belt or Zambia in general, [00:32] Speaker 1: a lot of the western side of the belt is covered by what could be fairly significantly deep [00:40] Speaker 1: Kalahari sand cover. [00:42] Speaker 1: It's basically covering all the bedrock geology. [00:46] Speaker 1: If you're [00:47] Speaker 1: walking in, say, [00:50] Speaker 1: the Canadian Shield, you're walking along and you stumble across this crop of gold or copper, [00:56] Speaker 1: boom, you might've found yourself a deposit. [00:59] Speaker 1: That doesn't work in this area of the world because it is just basically covered by this, that sand cover, which can be, well, it could be like inches, but it also could be hundreds of meters deep. So [01:12] Speaker 1: when you're dealing with this sand cover, you don't have those kind of serendipitous [01:17] Speaker 1: or easier low-hanging fruit, I guess, so to speak, where you can just stumble across it. You literally have to drill [01:24] Speaker 1: underneath [01:25] Speaker 1: the Kalahari sand and that's how you really discover these things. And [01:30] Speaker 1: So the Western side of the belt has been relatively underexplored. [01:34] Speaker 1: If you look to the Eastern side of the belt, there are some massive deposits. [01:39] Speaker 1: 1st Quantum has their Sentine...