Botswana License Extensions - 'assays in the coming weeks'9 Oct 2024 10:03
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Arc Minerals Limited
09 October 2024
09 October 2024
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Arc Minerals Ltd
('Arc' or the 'Company')
Botswana License Extensions
Arc Minerals (LSE: ARCM), an exploration company forging partnerships to discover and develop Tier 1 copper deposits,is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement of 2 May 2024, the Company has received notification of the extension of both of its prospecting licensesat its Virgo Project. These licences are located within the highly prospective Central Structural Corridor of the Kalahari Copper Belt ('KCB') in the Republic of Botswana.
Prospecting licenses 135/2017 and 162/2017 have been extended for an additional two years until 30 September 2026 in accordance with the notification received from the Department of Mines in Gaborone, Botswana.
Nick von Schirnding, Executive Chairman of Arc Minerals, commented:
"This is an excellent outcome for Arc Minerals and reinforces the reputation of Botswana as a mining friendly jurisdiction. Critically it maintains our position in this important and exciting part of the Kalahari Copper Belt. I look forward to reporting back on assays in the coming weeks."