BRUCIE’S BONUS15 Dec 2021 15:03
The ministry probes the frenzy of “oil” of Vaalgras -.
Wednesday 15th December 2021 03:32 AM
The Ministry of Mines and Energy said it was investigating allegations that a private company discovered oil in the // Kharas region over the weekend.
The company was contracted by a farmer to drill two boreholes in the Klein Vaalgras area.
Photos believed to have been taken at the discovery site, depicting a dark substance, toured social media yesterday and raised headlines for hundreds of social media users.
Sources say the alleged oil was discovered after the company drilled boreholes 150 meters below the ground surface.
Ministry spokesman Andreas Simon said yesterday that a team of geologists had been dispatched to Vaalgras to investigate the allegations.
He said experts would take samples of the substance, test them and analyze them.
“As it stand