Welcome to African Pioneer Plc

Exploring opportunities within the natural resources sector

African Pioneer Plc’s (LON:AFP) principal business is to explore opportunities within the natural resources sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on base and precious metals including but not limited to copper, nickel, lead and zinc.

The African Pioneer exploration licenses are located within the Southern African countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. Whereas Namibia has two sea ports on the Atlantic Ocean at Walvis Bay and Luderitz, Botswana and Zambia are both landlocked countries.

“We are very pleased with the rapid progress in the drill program planning and this is a credit to our technical team and the highly professional approach of Xinhai and their commitment to a significant drilling campaign”

Colin Bird, Executive Chairman
African Pioneer Plc

Kalahari
Copper Belt

Small stream running through a dusty landscape

The NE-trending Proterozoic belt, 800km long by up to 250km wide, stretches from northern Botswana into eastern Namibia. The Kalahari Copperbelt district is similar in setting to the Central African Copperbelt sediment-hosted deposits of Zambia and DRC.

Matchless
Copper Belt

Drill core samples cross section viewed from above

Major 350km Belt in Kuiseb Formation rocks comprising amphibolites, chlorite schists and metagabbro. Hosts multiple copper-gold deposits in high grade sheet-like bodies of massive sulphides.

Central African
Copper Belt

Sunset over the African plain with trees and mountains

The Central African Copperbelt is the largest and most prolific sediment-hosted copper province on Earth. Host to numerous copper-cobalt deposits located in the DRC and Zambia.

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