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SHUKA MINERALS PLC - Kabwe Drilling (KBDD09) New Ore body identified at Kabwe including Copper and Vanadium

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What this filing means

Shuka Minerals reports KBDD09 intersected a previously unknown near-surface orebody at Kabwe with multi-element mineralisation — zinc, lead, copper, and vanadium — with peak XRF readings of up to 64.95% Zn. The new discovery sits within the previously guided 150–275m depth range and is the first of three exploratory holes targeting this zone. These are unverified portable XRF readings pending JORC/NI 43-101 laboratory confirmation.

Shuka Minerals found a new pocket of minerals underground at its Kabwe project — zinc, lead, copper and vanadium all together. That is genuinely good news for an exploration company. But the readings come from a portable XRF machine, not a laboratory, so the numbers will need to be confirmed before anyone can call it a real resource. Two more holes are still to come, and no resource statement has been published yet.

Bull case

  • A previously unknown near-surface orebody with multi-element mineralisation (zinc, lead, copper, vanadium) represents a genuine new discovery, not just confirmation of known zones.
  • Peak zinc readings of 64.95% and a 10.8m interval at 18.30% Zn are high enough to be economically significant if confirmed by laboratory assay.

Bear case

  • All grades are portable XRF pinpoint readings — the company explicitly states they will be verified in due course with JORC/NI 43-101 laboratory analysis. These are not yet a confirmed resource.
  • Two of the three planned exploratory holes targeting this orebody (KB010 and KB011) have not yet been reported, so the orebody's continuity and scale are unproven.
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AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

A real exploration milestone — a previously unknown multi-element orebody is a genuine discovery, and peak zinc readings of up to 64.95% are high enough to be economically interesting if confirmed. The new orebody adds to the known Speaks and Mine Club resources and introduces copper and vanadium that were not previously flagged in the prior drilling update. The market may treat this as constructive on the exploration narrative. However, all figures are portable XRF pinpoint readings pending JORC/NI 43-101 laboratory verification — the company itself flags they will be verified in due course — so no resource estimate can be drawn from this disclosure. Two more holes targeting the same orebody are still outstanding. So what: the exploration story is progressing, but the market still needs a JORC-compliant resource statement before this becomes a re-rating event.

The JORC/NI 43-101 laboratory results and the next two drill holes (KB010 and KB011) are where the market will test whether the high-grade XRF readings are real and large enough to be material.

Evidence from the filing

  • New discovery — previously unknown orebody.

    “intersected a previously unknown, near surface, orebody a few hundred metres south of the Speaks and Mine Club areas”

  • Multi-element high-grade intercept.

    “A peak reading of 64.95% Zn was recorded”

  • Copper and vanadium confirmed in this hole.

    “Copper ('Cu') and vanadium ('V') grades were also detected consistent with the historically reported copper oxide and vanadium oxide mineralisation”

  • XRF readings, not lab assays — pending verification.

    “These assays were taken with a calibrated XRF machine and will be verified in due course with JORC/NI 43 101 laboratory analysis and testing”

  • Two further drill holes not yet reported.

    “We will report on drillholes KB010 and KB011 in due course, which also targeted the new orebody”
Category
Operational Update
Event posture
No Edge
Published
Aug 13, 2026

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