THE recently rebranded Canadian company Ongwe Minerals Inc has started its inaugural bedrock sampling campaign at its Belmont Gold Prospect in Namibia.
This was confirmed by chief executive David Underwood, who in a statement says: “Now that the reverse takeover has been completed and Ongwe has commenced trading on the TSXV, we have commenced our much-anticipated bedrock sampling programme at the Belmont Prospect.”
“Bedrock sampling is an exploration tool that was instrumental in the 2019 discovery of the 3.1Moz Twin Hills gold deposit by Osino Resources,” he says.
The company, that has two flagship projects in Namibia and a dominant land position in the emerging and highly prospective Northwest Damara Belt, has also provided an update regarding its exploration strategy for the first quarter of 2026.
It also owns the Khorixas Project which contains the Belmont Prospect, an orogenic gold system with a surface footprint of 12x6km and numerous high-grade visible gold rock chips at surface.
Ongwe also owns interests in the Omatjete Project which contains the Manga Prospect, an orogenic gold system, 30km along strike from the recently discovered Kokoseb gold deposit.
According to the statement, Ongwe Minerals is focused on progressing the Belmont and Manga Gold Prospects by outlining bedrock gold targets beneath the surface cover during the first half of 2026, which will roll into an extensive diamond drill programme during the second half of 2026.
The statement says Ongwe will continue to carry out large scale regional soil and calcrete sampling programmes on its current and expanding land positions.
Much of the emerging Damara Belt remains unexplored due to the extensive cover of calcrete and wind-blown sand.
“Scout drilling at Belmont in 2024 provided proof of high-grade mineralisation beneath the surface calcrete and the current campaign aims to define this mineralisation into drill ready targets for the second half of the year.
“Once the campaign at Belmont is completed, we will move the rig to Omatjete to better define the Manga Gold Prospect. We are equally excited about the large-scale regional soil sampling programme that has kicked off at Omatjete, which is aimed at testing the strike extent of the Okondeka Fault Zone which hosts both the Kokoseb and Manga discoveries,” Underwood says.
He says in preparation for a significantly increased level of activity across the exploration programmes, the company had strengthened technical and operational capabilities.
This includes the appointment of additional geological and field staff to support the anticipated rise in sampling, analysis and data flow.
– Email: matthew@namibian.com.na
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