Very Interesting read with a lot of geological backround,...

Very Interesting read with a lot of geological backround, history and more with regard to Kitumba and Mumbwa. We are still in the middle of the story.

http://www.saimm.co.za/Conferences/BM2013/001-Robertson.pdf

Conclusions
The discovery of the Kitumba deposit by Blackthorn Resources in 2006 has resulted in a new style of copper deposit being recognized in Zambia. Kitumba is regarded as an IOCG type deposit, with significant potential for the discovery of additional deposits within the region. This has sparked exploration interest by a number of companies who are now operating in the region.

It is interesting to note that Kitumba remained a blind and undiscovered deposit until 2006, with no surface expression of copper mineralization. The nearest historical workings to the Kitumba deposit are located
at Lou Lou, 1200 m to the east of Kitumba.

With respect to regional potential, the Kitumba deposit is part of a much larger IOCG system that is potentially
mineralized elsewhere along its 25 km north-south strike length. Evidence for this is observed in the satellite Kakozhi 5 km to the northwest of Kitumba. In addition, significant exploration potential exists for the discovery of further IOCG-type mineralization to the north along the offset continuation of the KFZ, particularly at the intersections of northeast-trending faults, where soil geochemical anomalies have been defined in previous work.
Detailed alteration logging in combination with modelling of multi-element geochemistry, has defined an alteration
zoning pattern, which will assist in vectoring towards potential targets elsewhere in the Mumbwa project area.