The Aukam Graphite project is a property located in Namibia’s Karas Region in Africa. The Aukam property is comprised of Exclusive Prospecting Licences EPL 3895, EPL 6710, EPL 7512, EPL 7513, in respect of base and rare metals, industrial minerals, and precious metals. Located in the district of Bethanie, Karas region of southern Namibia, the licence areas total 137,473 hectares, are contiguous and include the farm Aukam104 and Harichab121.
The Aukam graphite deposit has the characteristics of a vein-style graphite deposit. The graphite is predominantly concentrated in veins, with only minor disseminated graphite occurring in the host rock. It is believed that the graphite formed by precipitation from a CO2 – rich hydrothermal fluid channeled along the shear zone, and possibly related to an intrusion at depth.
The graphite in the Aukam area is hosted by altered Garub Sequence granite that is exposed in an erosional window in the Nama cover (Goldfields, 1987b). In the vicinity of the graphite occurrence, the granite is coarse grained, variably altered (see below) and generally shows a well-developed foliation with an easterly to south easterly trend and a south to southwest moderate to steep dip.
Schist and gneiss, both of which are quartz and biotite dominant, well foliated rocks, also occur in the vicinity of the graphite occurrence. The gneiss, which is distinctly banded, forms discrete positively weathered outcrops to the east and west of t ........
