The Company’s coal interests in Botswana cover 8,682 sq km and includes the 628 sq km Dukwe Coal Project (‘Dukwe’).  Sable Mining’s interests straddle known coal bearing sediments in eastern Botswana, the bulk of which are in the same coal field of Morupule Colliery, which provides circa 80% of the country’s domestic power generation. 

The Dukwe project, one of six Prospecting Licence areas covering 4,625 sq km in north eastern Botswana, has been prioritised following a regional airborne magnetic reconnaissance programme which indicated that the property is underlain by significantly thick and shallow (to the east) carbonaceous sequences. 

Exploration on the Dukwe project area commenced in October 2010 and ten boreholes have been completed on the property.  The carbonaceous sequence has been intersected, with thickness varying from 11m to 60m.  Approximately 200 samples have already been submitted to Witlab (pty) Ltd, a leading coal analytics service provider in South Africa, for analysis.  The results and their interpretation will form the basis for the creation of a regional geological model and will determine the ongoing exploration work.