Multiple coal seams were intersected in all completed core holes, which are open along strike and down dip.
Raw coal calorific values ranged from 10 to 26 megajoules per kilogram.
The company found that coal seams contain coal bands with extensive zones of vitrinite bands, which are to be tested for determining their potential for coking properties.
African Energy will now begin assessment of washing yields immediately to determine if the coal has the potential for a higher value coking fraction and a middling for use as a power station fuel.
Discovery is adjacent to two existing coal mines, and in an area where the Zambian Government has unveiled plans to develop new coal-fired power stations.
In 2011, coal bearing sediments with a strike length of about 10km were identified in the Sinazongwe prospect during a reconnaissance exploration program.
The Geological Survey mapped the sediments as the easterly extension of the stratigraphy that hosts the Maamba Colliery and the Collum Coal Mine, Zambia’s only producing coal deposits.
