The well, located about 200 kilometres south east of Johannesburg in the Witbank coal mining region, was the first of nine core holes to be drilled over Sunbird’s three lead projects.
Sunbird plans to drill three core holes on Ermelo by May, with gas desorption results due 60 to 90 days after completion of the final well.
Following that, the drill rig and crew will move to the Springbok Flats project, north east of Pretoria, to drill a further three wells there.
