Serval Resources Plc - Serval's Work Programmes for Namibia, Botswana and Côte d'Ivoire

Serval Resources Plc

("Serval" or the "Company")

19 June 2026

 

Serval's Work Programmes for Namibia, Botswana and Côte d'Ivoire

 

 

  Highlights  

• The Company hereby sets out the work programmes for its key exploration projects in Namibia and Botswana, two of Africa's most exciting regions for new copper discoveries
• Serval's approach is to carry out systematic exploration, utilising a combination of geological mapping, geophysics and soil sampling in order to build an understanding of the known mineralisation within its licences
• This multi-dataset approach will significantly de-risk future drilling by improving the definition of mineralised corridors, with the Company's first drilling programme in Namibia planned for H2 2026
• Following a budgeting review, a small but impactful programme has also been agreed for Côte d'Ivoire in order to progress the Duékoué   molybdenum-copper project
• Serval will be giving an updated presentation to existing and prospective investors at the Proactive One2One Investor Forum on Wednesday 24 June in London - sign up at https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/register/event_details/470 .

 

Serval Resources Plc (AIM: SRVL), a company focused on building an independent copper and future metals developer, is pleased to provide further information on its work programmes across its portfolio of exploration assets in Namibia, Botswana and Côte d'Ivoire.

 

These work programmes run to mid-2027 and are fully funded, as disclosed at the time of the Company's AIM listing. Each programme includes resources dedicated to environment, social and governance ("ESG"), with the focus on stakeholder engagement to ensure respectful access to land, environmental management in line with our commitments and local regulations, and maintaining appropriate health and safety procedures.

 

CEO, Robin Birchall, commented :  

"Further to our recent AIM listing and concurrent fundraise, the focus has been on setting out the most high impact and targeted work programmes possible in line with our available budget. This has been achieved and we are currently mobilising our teams in order to complete extensive work in the field in the coming months. The goal, as always, is systematic exploration utilising a combination of geological techniques in order to build upon our knowledge of the known mineralisation. We are confident that this multi-dataset approach will significantly de-risk future drilling which we intend to start in at our projects during the second half of 2026."

 

Namibia - The Kaoko Basin

Serval has established a large land package in the Kaoko Basin, which is the interpreted extension of the prolific Central African Copper Belt in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, a world-class sediment-hosted copper-cobalt province and home to major copper producers. Historical drilling and geochemical work on several of the Namibian licences have demonstrated intersections of copper and silver mineralisation from surface, providing immediate targets for further definition, with the potential to delineate a maiden resource in due course.

 

Copper and silver mineralisation in the Kaoko Belt is well-established through sediment-hosted copper deposits occurring within the Nosib Group and overlying Otavi Group of rocks. Mineralisation particularly occurs on the contact between the Nosib and Otavi Group sediments and within the Ombombo Subgroup of the lower Otavi Group. Mineralisation within the Ombombo Subgroup specifically occurs on the contacts between the Omivero and overlying Lower Omao Formations and between the Lower and Upper Omao Formations.

 

Serval considers its entire holding of four licences covering 789 km 2 to be highly prospective, and the bulk of the initial work will focus on licences EPL 7081 ("7081") and EPL 7082 ("7082"). 7081 is Serval's highest priority licence and contains a number of key targets where historical drilling has established higher grade copper-silver mineralisation, including Omatapati, Horseshoe and Otjozongombe, where historical drilling has intercepted 19 metres at 2.6% Cu for example.   With mineralisation present in outcrop, the Company has specific areas where the target horizon can be directly mapped. For areas that can be shown that the target horizon is extending into areas of alluvium cover, Serval can do detailed geophysics and soil sampling to identify mineralisation below cover. The Company also expects to undertake a targeted amount of trenching at these prospects as this technique can significantly aid in structural analysis of the geology.

 

Work in EPL 7079 and EPL 6998 will be mainly focused on establishing the full extent of the Nosib contact through regional mapping and geophysics.

 

The Company's plan up to December 2026 is designed in three phases prior to the commencement of Serval's first drilling campaign and will incorporate:

 

 

Outcomes: Geochemical results will be integrated with geological mapping and magnetic data to refine and rank potential drilling targets, with the aim to commence drilling in Q4 2026.

 

Botswana - The Kalahari Copper Belt

Serval has also established a major landholding of 18 licences covering 1,283 km 2 in the Kalahari Copper Belt ("KCB"), which is an emerging copper belt of significance. The KCB recently became home to two major operations, namely Khoemacau (bought by MMG Limited for US$1.9 billion in 2024) and Motheo (built by Sandfire for US$325 million with project completion in just seven years, versus the industry average of over 16 years). Both of these operations exploit stratabound sediment-hosted copper-silver deposits that share many similarities to those in the world-class Central African Copper Belt.

 

Copper and silver mineralisation in the KCB is well-established through sediment-hosted copper deposits occurring within the Ghanzi-Chobe Fold and Thrust Belt and stratigraphically in the Ghanzi Group rocks. More specifically, mineralisation is found at the interface between the older Ngwako Pan Formation and the younger D'kar formation.

 

Serval has a number of licences in the KCB that are along strike to existing producing or development assets. The Company's top priorities are licences PL 235 ( the "235 Cluster ") and PL 232 (the "232 Cluster"), both of which are along strike from the producing Khomacau mine, which has a total resource of 450 Mt at 1.4% Cu and 18 g/t Ag.

 

Serval's Botswana work programme will focus on better understanding the theoretical extension of the mineralisation structures under these licences, noting that exploration in the KCB is complicated by the overburden of sand that lies above the bedrock at varying depths, and in some places other barren structures such as Karoo volcanic sequences. Successful discoveries in recent years have therefore established that using a combination of geophysical and geochemical methods to identify mineralisation in this region is key.

 

The Company's work programme will initially target the 232 Cluster and the 235 Cluster and will incorporate geophysics followed by soil sampling:

 

 

Outcomes: The work programme above aims to provide a robust and methodical framework for advancing subsurface understanding across the two exploration licence clusters.

 

Côte d'Ivoire - Duékoué Project

In Côte d'Ivoire, Serval is advancing the Duékoué project, a large licence covering 789 km 2 which is the subject of a Joint Venture Partnership and earn-in agreement with La Minière de L'Eléphant SARL ("Laminele"). The project is strategically located on the Archean-Proterozoic boundary, where discoveries are exhibiting significant iron oxide copper gold ("IOCG") and porphyry system characteristics, similar to leading deposits in Brazil and Australia.

 

Serval is investigating a molybdenum-copper anomaly at Duékoué, which was initially identified by state mining company SODEMI in the 1970s. Serval's initial work to date has successfully confirmed the historical Mo-Cu anomalies and multiple soil samples have also established moderately anomalous concentrations of gold which warrant further evaluation of the project as a potential copper-gold project in due course.

 

Following a budgeting review, Serval has designed a comparatively small but meaningful programme to continue the evaluation at Duékoué.

 

The work programme will incorporate:

 

 

Outcomes: The combined insights from the work programme aim to identify where exactly the anomaly is the strongest, and where the underlying geology creates the structures and fluid pathways that could potentially generate a large IOCG type deposit.

 

Qualified Persons Statement

The information in this news release was compiled, reviewed, verified and approved by Mr. Luhann Theron, MSc (Geology), Member of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), Senior Geologist for Lambda Tau. Mr Theron has 14 years' experience in exploration for metals and minerals of this mineralisation type, style and geological setting and a qualified person as defined under the JORC code and the AIM Rules for Companies. Mr Theron consents to the inclusion in this announcement of the technical matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

 

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About Serval Resources  

Serval Resources (AIM: SRVL) is an AIM-listed explorer focused on copper and associated future metals critical to the global energy transition and digital economy. The company is building a portfolio of exploration and development assets in the emerging copper belts of Namibia, Botswana and Côte d'Ivoire, aiming to become a leading mid-cap player by applying modern, systematic exploration techniques in underexplored but highly prospective African regions.

   

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