42045-HQ-LEL
Application Validated and Pending MLC DecisionExploration licence application adjoining 41976-HQ-LEL, covering mostly drivable Karoo terrain with a clear next-stage test: determine whether concealed basement windows occur beneath the sedimentary cover.
- License
- 42045-HQ-LEL
- Holder
- Digi Minerals Zambia Limited (100%)
- Type
- Large Scale Exploration Licence
- Location
- Central · Mkushi · Zambia
- Portal area (ha)
- 3,272.18
- Calculated area (km²)
- 32.66
- Applied
- 2025-09-27
- Longitude
- 29.50764
- Latitude
- -14.78514
CopperGoldIron OreNickelSilverZinc
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0.73HighComposite score / 1
Geology51.1 / 100
Development complexity67.7 / 100
Infrastructure / logistics89 / 100
Legal stability70 / 100
Key findings
- The 32.7 km² application adjoins 41976-HQ-LEL and lies within the same Karoo basin, offering a contiguous regional exploration position.
- About 88% of the terrain is drivable, with the best natural exposure expected around the central hill and drainage network.
- Current mapping and satellite indices do not identify an alteration target; the principal exploration question is the presence of concealed basement beneath the Karoo.
Recommended next work
- Review geophysical data for evidence of basement windows before committing to field-intensive work.
- Run reconnaissance stream-sediment sampling in drainage reaching the river south of the licence.
Scores use 0–1 for composite and 0–100 for supporting factors. Screening scores are not resource estimates or probabilities of discovery.