Ongwe Minerals (TSXV: OGW), an exploration company focused on gold and base metals projects in southern Africa, has mobilised a reverse circulation (RC) drill rig to conduct inaugural bedrock sampling at its Belmont Gold Prospect in Namibia.
The explorer said in an update on February 18 that it targets 6,000 metres of RC drilling for bedrock target definition at the Belmont and Manga prospects by June. A diamond drill programme will then be rolled out during the second half of 2026.
Ongwe has two flagship projects in the southwestern African nation. The Khorixas Project, which measures 154,000 hectares (ha), contains Belmont, while the Omatjete Project, which is 107,000ha in extent, holds the Manga Prospect.
David Underwood, Ongwe’s CEO, explained that bedrock sampling is an exploration tool that was instrumental in the 2019 discovery of the 3.1mn-ounce Twin Hills gold deposit in Namibia by a Chinese company, Osino Resources.
Ongwe is now attempting to replicate that success by defining drill targets within the large area of anomalous gold at surface, at both Manga and Belmont, covering over 7,000ha collectively.
“Scout drilling at Belmont in 2024 provided proof of high-grade mineralisation beneath the surface calcrete, and the current campaign aims to define this mineralisation into drill-ready targets for H2,” said Underwood.
“Once the campaign at Belmont is completed, we will move the rig to Omatjete to better define the Manga Gold Prospect.”
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