One diamond drill rig will focus on the highest-grade portions of the soil anomaly with an initial drill plan comprising 18 holes for 3,500m.
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rig → focus → m.
A second reverse circulation drill rig will focus on testing the strike extension of the soil anomaly with 13 holes planned for 1,500m.
- Two drill rigs mobilized for the inaugural drilling campaign at the newly discovered Nguni Prospect, a high-grade gold-in-soil anomaly with a strike length in excess of 6km.
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rigs → focus → km
- One diamond drill rig will focus on the highest-grade portions of the soil anomaly with an initial drill plan comprising 18 holes for 3,500m.
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rig → focus → m.
A second reverse circulation drill rig will focus on testing the strike extension of the soil anomaly with 13 holes planned for 1,500m.
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holes → focus → m.
A step-out diamond drill program comprising 5 holes for 1,000m has been finalised to test the eastern extension of the Manga Gold Prospect, a promising gold-in-soil and gold-in-bedrock anomaly located 17km west of Nguni.
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program → step → Nguni
Ongwe Minerals Inc. (TSXV: OGW) (NSX:ONG) (“Ongwe” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling at its newly discovered Nguni gold prospect, situated 17 km east of the Manga Gold discovery, at the Omatjete Gold Project.
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Inc. → announce → Project
Nguni is a large, high-grade, gold-in-soil anomaly discovered by Ongwe in May 2026 during a regional soil sampling program.
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Nguni → discover → program
The sampling program targeted the regionally significant Okondeka Fault Zone (OFZ), which hosts both WIA Gold’s Kokoseb Gold Deposit and Ongwe’s Manga Gold Discovery – see Figure 1.
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which → target → Figure
Situated 55 km east of Kokoseb and 17 km east of Manga, Nguni is being rapidly advanced through detailed surface work and drilling, with the aim of converting the target into a large-scale economic discovery.
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Nguni → situate → discovery
Dave Underwood, Ongwe’s CEO commented: “The central portion of the Nguni gold anomaly has now been closely defined by infill soil sampling, with 50 soil samples above 300ppb Au, peaking at 1,310ppb Au.
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samples → comment → Au
This represents a 6km long, high-grade soil anomaly similar in scale and tenor to the anomaly at the neighbouring Kokoseb gold deposit, before it was drilled.
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it → represent → deposit
We are now embarking on the maiden, fully funded drill program at this exciting target.
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We → embark → target
A diamond drill rig has been mobilized to test the highest-grade portion of the anomaly so that we can collect detailed geological, structural and mineralogical information upfront, in order to better guide the follow-on drill program.
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we → mobilize → program
The lower grade (central) portions of the anomaly will be scout drilled using an RC rig, which provides a quick and relatively cheap method of establishing grade potential and allows for ranking of targets.
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which → drill → targets
We are also planning a diamond step-out drill program at Manga over the highest grade and width portion of the bedrock anomaly defined earlier in the year.
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We → plan → year
The priority bedrock anomaly starts east of the previous RC drilling at Manga, stretches for at least a 1000m and is still open to the east”.
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anomaly → start → east
The image highlights the primary structural control of the Okondeka Fault Zone and the scale of initial gold-in-soil results across the three discoveries.
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image → highlight → discoveries
The Nguni gold anomaly was discovered by Ongwe during regional soil sampling along the Okondeka Fault System in May 2026.
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anomaly → discover → May
The initial regional sampling was carried out on a 200 x 200m square grid and later infilled to 50 x 50m spacing over the anomalous areas.
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sampling → carry → areas
The Nguni area is flat lying and there is very little outcrop visible.
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area → lie → ?
The gold anomaly lies along narrow zones of metasediments between late to post orogenic granites and appears to be in-situ within residual soils.
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anomaly → lie → soils
The Nguni anomaly extends over 6 km of strike and includes targets with varying orientations, width and intensity.
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anomaly → extend → orientations
A two-pronged drill program has been planned as follows:
- A diamond drill program of approximately 18 holes for 3,500m initially, starting in the northwest corner of the anomaly and covering the higher-grade soils in the northwestern and southeastern portions.
- A diamond drill program of approximately 18 holes for 3,500m initially, starting in the northwest corner of the anomaly and covering the higher-grade soils in the northwestern and southeastern portions.
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program → plan → portions
This program is aimed at first pass testing of the lower priority targets to establish economic potential and priority.
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program → aim → potential
- Either or both programs will be expanded or modified as indicated by the logging and assay results.
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programs → expand → results
Geological mapping of the limited outcrop indicates that the targeted metasedimentary units predominantly dip toward the south-southeast and the initial holes will therefore be drilled toward the north, except for one RC line positioned on the nose of the fold closure.
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holes → indicate → closure
Detailed logging of the initial core will be used to refine the drill parameters.
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logging → use → parameters
See Figure 2.
Figure 2: Heat Map showing Nguni soil sample results with the planned DD and RC drill collars plotted.
Figure 3: RC drilling underway at the Nguni gold anomaly.
Manga Prospect
The Manga prospect was discovered during the initial regional Omatjete soil sampling program carried out in Q4 2024.
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prospect → see → Q4
The 200 x 200m regional soil grid outlined an arsenic and gold anomaly approximately 4.5km long and 1km wide at the widest point.
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grid → outline → point
Infill sampling to 100 x 25m tightened up the surface anomaly and provided follow-up targets.
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sampling → tighten → targets
The soil sampling was followed up with two trenches and eleven RC scout holes.
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sampling → follow → trenches
Ten of the eleven RC holes returned anomalous gold values, several with wide low-grade intercepts including 138m @ 0.22g/t Au in hole MRC006.
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Ten → return → MRC006
As the Manga area is covered by calcrete and alluvial sediment cover, a decision was taken in early 2026 to drill vertical holes through the calcrete cover and sample the top of bedrock beneath.
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decision → cover → bedrock
This exploration technique was pioneered by Osino Resources at Twin Hills and has proved effective in defining mineralised footprints in hard rock below calcrete cover.
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technique → pioneer → cover
The results from this program indicate that the Manga prospect becomes wider and higher grade towards the east and it is now clear that the calcrete cover gets thicker towards the east, masking the gold mineralization in the bedrock beneath.
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cover → indicate → bedrock
Manga Drilling
A diamond drilling program of 5 holes for 1,000 m is planned for the Manga east extension, with an average planned depth of 200 m.
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program → plan → depth
The initial holes will be oriented and drilled toward the northwest, but drill parameters may be modified by the detailed logging.
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parameters → orient → logging
The Company also plans to undertake a calcrete sampling program to trace gold mineralization beneath the calcrete cover east of the current bedrock sampling extent.
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Company → plan → extent
If the calcrete results confirm that the mineralized trend continues, the Company will use follow-up bedrock sampling to refine the target before testing it with diamond drilling.
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Company → confirm → drilling
Figure 4: Heat map showing the bedrock assay results improving east of the 2024 RC drill collars.
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results → show → collars
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