Talonx Resources Boots Up 700-Sample Copper Hunt at Kihabe’s Gossan Prospect

Boots on the ground at Kihabe as TXR targets copper beyond known deposits

Talonx Resources (ASX: TXR) has commenced fieldwork at its approximately 1,000km² Kihabe Project in north-west Botswana, with the Gossan prospect selected as the first area under assessment. The program advances the copper and base-metal exploration strategy the company outlined in its 8 September 2026 announcement, moving from planning into active field execution.

TXR is targeting mineralisation that sits beyond the established zinc-lead deposits, specifically sediment-hosted copper and potentially higher-grade carbonate-replacement mineralisation in Botswana’s underexplored extension of the Damara Belt. This is program commencement, not a discovery — but it marks the opening of what the company intends to be a systematic, multi-area campaign.

Q1 FY27 exploration kicks off at Gossan prospect

The initial Gossan program comprises more than 700 soil samples collected at 100m intervals along traverses spaced 400m apart. The design is deliberately low-cost, screening the broader target area for copper and base-metal anomalism before committing to closer-spaced follow-up work.

Along those traverses, the field team will also map outcrop and collect targeted rock-chip samples of altered or potentially mineralised material, assessing favourable sedimentary and carbonate rocks, veining, brecciation, and structures.

Historical drilling at Kihabe has returned copper intersections across approximately 800m of strike in the northeastern sector of the deposit. Selected historical results include:

• KIH011: 7m at 1.04% Cu from 71m
• KDD140: 6.5m at 0.67% Cu from 91m
• KRC052: 18m at 0.43% Cu from 122m, including 2m at 0.75% Cu and 3m at 0.76% Cu
• KDD114: 11m at 0.37% Cu, including 1m at 1.44% Cu
• KRC076: 20m at 0.28% Cu, including 2m at 0.71% Cu

These are selected historical downhole intervals. True widths are not known, and their distribution does not demonstrate continuous copper mineralisation across the 800m strike extent. Critically for investors, copper is not included in the existing Mineral Resource estimates and requires further evaluation.

Dr Steve Lennon, Executive Chairman

“Fieldwork is now under way at Kihabe as we advance the wider copper and base-metal opportunity outlined in our recent announcement. Historical copper intersections and the established Kihabe and Nxuu deposits provide a strong foundation for exploring the extensive areas beyond the known resources.”

Understanding Kihabe’s geological setting and what TXR is hunting

The Kihabe Project sits within the Aha Hills belt, in the northeastern extension of the Damara Orogenic Belt. The Damara Belt is a major geological structure that extends into neighbouring Namibia, where it hosts the Otavi mineral province and the Kaoko Belt, both of which contain significant copper and polymetallic deposits.

TXR is applying two exploration models at Kihabe. The first is sediment-hosted copper, where copper deposition is controlled by changes in rock composition or chemistry along favourable sedimentary horizons. The second is carbonate-replacement and structurally controlled copper, targeting mineralisation within reactive dolomite, fractures, and breccias, which can produce discrete, higher-grade zones.

Regional analogues cited by the company to inform the exploration approach include Tschudi and Kaoko Metals’ Chalkos project (sediment-hosted copper), Midas Minerals’ T13 deposit (structurally controlled copper-silver mineralisation), Tsumeb (pipe and breccia-hosted copper-lead-zinc mineralisation), Kombat (carbonate-replacement copper-lead-silver mineralisation), and Berg Aukas (zinc-lead-vanadium replacement mineralisation within dolomite). These examples inform the exploration approach only and do not establish equivalent mineralisation, grade, scale, or economic potential at Kihabe.

The project’s existing 27.0Mt zinc-lead-silver Mineral Resource matters here as a foundation. It demonstrates base-metal fertility within the sedimentary succession and establishes a platform from which to pursue the broader copper hunt. The full resource breakdown is shown below.

What comes next — a staged pipeline building toward drilling

Gossan is only the starting point. TXR intends to progressively extend mapping and surface sampling to other prospective areas across the project, integrating field results with historical drilling and geological data to build a ranked pipeline of targets at different stages of advancement.

The progression pathway runs from reconnaissance through to detailed follow-up and drill planning, with targets advancing as supporting evidence develops. Where Kalahari cover limits surface assessment, targeted geophysics may be deployed to assist.

Beyond Gossan and the known deposits, the approximately 20km northeast-trending Kihabala Trend provides additional scope. Regional geochemistry has outlined a zinc-lead anomalous corridor along this trend — though it is important to note this is a geochemical interpretation, not a demonstrated mineralised body.

For investors, the pipeline model means the newsflow structure is multi-stage rather than binary. Each area advances independently, and TXR has indicated it will provide further updates as the program progresses and results become available. Multiple areas at different stages of assessment means multiple potential catalysts — while recognising that fieldwork is still in its earliest phase and results are pending.

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