What we hold: 11,000 mapped geological units, 20,000 structural features, 145 deposits and occurrences and 1,900 tenure records, from the Botswana Geoscience Institute.
Botswana: open ground, mining titles, geology and deposits, as published.
What we hold
| Layer | Features | Jurisdictions |
|---|---|---|
| Mapped geological unitsLithology and age where the publisher states them | 11,710 | 1 |
| Structural featuresFaults, contacts, lineaments and oriented measurements | 20,839 | 1 |
| Deposits and occurrencesMineral deposits and recorded occurrences | 145 | 1 |
| Tenure recordsLive and historic mineral titles from the register | 1,960 | 1 |
| Geochemical sample recordsPublished records; a sample held in two releases or compilations appears twice | 65,641 | · |
Open ground
49.1%
of 570,000 km² assessed carries no live title. Protected areas are not yet subtracted in every jurisdiction here, so the figure is optimistic. A dated snapshot: a pegging decision needs a live register query on the day.
What we can do here
Atlas
Country atlas built, with provenance on every layer.
AvailableOpen Ground
Computed across 1 jurisdiction, optimistic where protected areas are not yet subtracted.
Global modelProspectivity
The global model, for 44 minerals: the map, the geology behind it and a confidence read.
AvailableSpectral
Every satellite acquisition over the ground is searched; hyperspectral where it exists.
On requestDue Diligence
Where the register can be queried live.
The global model in Botswana: 44 minerals
Talk to us
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