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AI review uncovers historic copper mineralisation targets for Botswana

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June 30, 2026

Aim-listed Botswana Minerals has announced that an AI-driven review of legacy geological records identified primary copper sulphide and altered copper minerals in historical drill cores from holes originally drilled in search of uranium and diamonds.

AI identified and connected the copper evidence by analysing more than a gigabyte of legacy reports, with some over 50 years old, that had never been integrated into a modern copper model, demonstrating the power.

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