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Glossary
“AIM” The AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc; “alteration” Changes in the chemical or mineralogical composition of a rock, produced by weathering or hydrothermal solutions; “artisanal mining” Small scale mining of a non mechanised scale; “ASTER” Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, a satellite-borne imaging instrument; “auriferous” Containing gold; gold bearing; “basement” The igneous and metamorphic crust of the earth, underlying sedimentary deposits; “brecciated” A texture describing a rock comprising angular fragments enclosed in a matrix; “chalcopyrite” A common sulphide ore of copper, CuFeS2; “Chongwe Copper Belt” The 80km shear zone on the Mulofwe Prospecting Licence hosting a number of copper and gold prospects; “disseminated” A scattered distribution of generally fine-grained minerals throughout a rock; “dunite-gabbro” Ultramafic and mafic rocks occurring in a layered intrusion; “g/t” Grams per tonne; “geochemical” The geological application of sampling and assaying in a systematic fashion to identify areas of mineralisation; “geophysical” The application of physics to geological exploration, such as aeromagnetic, induced polarity or gravity surveys; “gneiss” A group of rocks with a banded or closely foliated structure formed by regional metamorphism; “gossan” A ferruginous deposit remaining after the oxidation of the original sulphide minerals in a vein or ore zone; “granitoid” A general term for intrusive igneous rocks of the granite-diorite family; “iron oxide copper gold” A particular style of mineralization containing quantities of copper and gold occurring together; “JORC Code” The Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves issued by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee; “komatiite” A mantle-derived ultramafic igneous rock with a high content of magnesium, associated with nickel sulphide mineralization; “magnetite” An iron oxide mineral, Fe 30 4; “malachite” A copper carbonate mineral found in the oxidised zones of copper deposits, Cu C0 3. Cu (OH) 2; “mica” A group of phyllosilicate minerals; “mineralization” A rock containing valuable components of metals or metals compounds; "oxide” Oxidised form of mineral; “polymetallic” Comprising an abundance of metallic elements eg, copper, gold, silver, bismuth; “ppb” Parts per billion; “ppm” Parts per million; “project” In this document, a Project generally refers to the five different groups of tenements of similar geological structure; “prospect” In this document, a Prospect generally refers to a mineral occurrence or historical mine; “pyrite” An iron sulphide mineral, FeS2; “quartz” A mineral containing Silica and oxygen, SiO2; “RC drilling” Reverse Circulation drilling, a percussion method of drilling that provides high quality uncontaminated samples; “reserves” A resource for which a mine and process plan has been completed such that the resource has been deemed to be economic to mine; “resources” Concentrations of naturally occurring materials in such form that economic extraction is currently or potentially feasible; "sediment” A rock formed of particles which were deposited from suspension in water, wind or ice; "sulphide” Sulphide form of mineral; “schists” A micaceous crystalline metamorphic rock having a foliated structure due to the recrystallisation of the constituent minerals; “shear zone” A zone in which shearing has occurred on a large scale, such that the rock is deformed dominantly by ductile deformation; “silicified” Refers to a rock that has been subject to replacement by silica; “skarn” An alteration halo of iron rich minerals formed in carbonate rocks by contact metasomatic replacement of the original carbonate-rich rock mass; “Telfer” A stockwork gold-copper system in Western Australia hosted by a fine-grained sedimentary sequence of similar age and setting to those of Southern Zambia . “veins” A thin infill of a fissure or crack, commonly bearing quartz; |