Kula Gold Launches Maiden Exploration Campaign at Wozi Niobium Project in Malawi
Kula Gold (ASX: KGD) is stepping up its global expansion with the commencement of exploration at the Wozi niobium project in Malawi.
Kula added the Malawian asset to its Australian mining portfolio earlier this month when the local government granted it the licence at Wozi.
The company is moving quickly to confirm historical niobium and tantalum trenching results and expand the sampling area at Wozi with a program that will include field mapping and expansion across the tenement with further rock-chip and soil testing.
Maiden Drilling Program
Managing director Ric Dawson said the work would advance the company’s plans to undertake a maiden drilling program in the December 2025 quarter and then assess the potential for adding further Malawi tenements.
“Whilst continuing to advance our robust Mt Palmer gold project, Kula had identified the Wozi project as a very interesting high impact, low-cost niobium opportunity to add to the company’s portfolio,” Mr Dawson said.
“Renewed interest in critical minerals and Wozi’s proximity to other large niobium and rare earths projects in Malawi has [now] encouraged Kula to proceed.”
The company expects to receive initial trenching assays from Wozi in the current quarter.
Solid Logistics
The Wozi project is located 225 kilometres north of Malawi capital Lilongwe, and the nearby trans-Malawi M1 highway provides ready access to Lilongwe, major city Mzuzu 55km to the east, and the operating Nacala Rail Corridor to the east African coast and Indian Ocean shipping routes.
Previous work at Wozi confirmed it hosts both niobium and tantalum mineralisation from surface
Historical trenching results over the area show significant potential widths of niobium mineralisation and confirm the project’s large-scale potential.
Australian Exploration
Kula is looking to follow up its recent exploration success in Western Australia, with drilling programs during the previous quarter at the Mt Palmer and Kirup projects returning high-grade gold hits.
Highlights at Mt Palmer included 18m at 4.4 grams per tonne gold and 2m at 31.3g/t.
At Kirup’s Mustang prospect, the company obtained highly encouraging results from drilling supported by the WA government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme.
Ongoing mapping, soil sampling and rock chipping programs recorded a new high-grade rock chip gold assay of 4.3g/t, 200m from a drill intercept of 2m at 2.3g/t gold from 34m.