Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd - Exploration for Geothermal Energy in Africa

Geothermal Energy = The thermal energy contained within the earth’s crust - can be used directly to supply heat or can be converted to mechanical or electrical energy.
	“The amount of heat that flows annually from the earth to the atmosphere is enormous – more than needed to power all nations of the world – if it could be harnessed... If only 1% of the thermal energy contained in the uppermost 10Km of our planet could be tapped this amount would be 500 times that contained in all oil and gas resources of the world” Geothermal Energy – Clean power from the Earth’s heat - US Geological Survey 2003
Geothermal targets must currently be sufficiently hot (>circa 130C) and sufficiently close to surface (<5 Km) to justify commercial development. Exploitable targets have hitherto been associated with areas of recent volcanic activity – Pacific Rim (including western seaboard of America), Italian Alps, Iceland and... the East African Rift Valley System.
Geothermal energy is renewable and environmentally benign.
	“As an energy source it provides consistent, high capacity – geothermal power generation capacity believed to be 80% of ‘nameplate’ capacity against 30% capacity both hydro and wind in the long-run” CLSA Asia Pacific Markets

• Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd formed in 2010, is a Zambian-registered Company with access to the shareholder funds to complete its proposed
• exploration programme

• The Company has a technical collaboration agreement with the National Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Zambia

• The Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd team is led by Peter Vivian-Neal, previously chief executive of minerals exploration company, Kiwara plc


		To identify, explore, test and if appropriate, develop geothermal energy to produce power within Africa.


		To further explore prospective targets found in 2010 – a mix of relatively shallow reservoirs to demonstrate the concept and deeper reservoirs to deliver potentially higher temperature resource suitable for on-grid electrical power production.

• Memorandum of Understanding (the "MoU") with the Government of the Republic of Zambia which grants Kalahari the exploration rights
• to certain identified geothermal targets. The MoU will form the basis for negotiations of a development agreement should any of the sites
• be found to be economically viable for power generation or other direct uses.

• Reassessment of 1973 hydrochemistry data

• Initial field reconnaissance + hydro-chemistry sampling of selected targets

• Results being used to generate industry standard geothermometers

The Company will during 2011 conduct geophysics to determine aquifers and structure of at least two prospective targets. If successful, an initial drilling programme will be conducted to determine temperature gradient and geology. Further such programmes on additional targets will be conducted once key local reservoir parameters are understood.

Subject to results achieved, deep exploration drilling to intercept geothermal reservoirs will be undertaken.

Kalahari GeoEnergy Ltd, Unit L5, National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Airport Road, Lusaka, Zambia
email: info@kalaharigeoenergy.com

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