Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
I-Botswana Minerals ithi i-AI ithole ama-clues ethusi kuma-drill cores amadala aqale ukusetshenziselwa i-uranium namadayimane.
Inkampani ithi leli thuluzi libuyekeze amashumi eminyaka emibiko ehlakazekile yokuma komhlaba ngezinsuku, lisize amaqembu ukuthi agxile emsebenzini wawo olandelayo.
I-AI isize iBotswana Minerals ukuthi iguqule amarekhodi okumba iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50 ibe ukuzingela kwethusi okusha ngaphansi kweKalahari.
Le nkampani ithi ukubuyekezwa okuqhutshwa yi-AI kuthole izimpawu zethusi kuma-drill cores aqala ukubhobhozwa ngesikhathi kuseshwa i-uranium namadayimane.
IBotswana Minerals ithe leli thuluzi libuyekeze imibiko emidala engaphezu kwe-gigabyte, eminye engaphezu kweminyaka engu-50.
Le nkampani ithe lawo marekhodi awakaze ahlanganiswe abe yimodeli yethusi yesimanje, kubika i-iAfrica.
I-AI ithole i-copper sulphide eyinhloko kanye namaminerali ethusi ashintshile kuma-core drill cores.
Idatha endala yayihlanganisa ne-copper kanye ne-nickel sulphides eqoshwe kuma-boreholes. IBotswana Minerals ithi lokhu kukhomba emhubheni onamaminerali afihliwe ngaphansi kwekhava yeKalahari engashoni ngaphakathi kwamalayisensi ayo.
Le nkampani ithe amarekhodi amadala nawo akhombisa amaminerali ethusi ashintshiwe, okuhlanganisa i-malachite ne-chrysocolla.
Kanye ne-primary chalcopyrite, iBotswana Minerals ithe okutholakele kusekela imigudu yethusi eyenziwe yi-AI.
Le nkampani ithi ukuphumelela akuwona kuphela ubufakazi bethusi, kodwa ukuthi i-AI ixhuma ngokushesha kangakanani nolwazi oludala.
Ithe leli thuluzi lithole futhi laxhumanisa ubufakazi bamashumi eminyaka amarekhodi kanye nemikhankaso ehlukene yokuhlola ngezinsuku nje.
AbeBotswana Minerals bathi ukwenza lowo msebenzi ngesandla bekungeke kwenzeke.
Usihlalo uJohn Teeling uthe i-AI isize ukusondeza inkampani emsebenzini.
“Manje sesinemineral ye-copper eyisisekelo, amamineral ethusi ashintshiwe kanye nemodeli ye-geological eqinisekisiwe, isinyathelo esibalulekile enkampanini,” kusho u-Teeling.
“Isinyathelo sethu esilandelayo wukusheshisa umsebenzi wamalayisensi asenyakatho, singene emkhakheni, sibhale kabusha futhi sihlole kabusha ingqikithi etholakalayo, futhi siqhubeke nokwakha ithuba kuwo wonke amalayisensi aseningizimu.”
Amaqembu azobheka amaphaseji ecopper, i-zinc,ilead kanye ne-nickel ebaluleke kakhulu ngokwenza imephu, ukuthatha amasampula kanye nokuhlola izindawo ezindala abanga-drill kuzo.
Umsebenzi wasensimini usabalulekile. I-AI ingakhomba amaqembu ukuthi abheke kuphi, kodwa abantu kufanele baqinisekise ukuthi yini ngempela ephansi.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Ugwadule lwaseKalahari eBotswana.
Umthombo wesithombe: Botswana Tourism Organisation