Driefontein Gold Mine. Technical Short Form Report. Driefontein Gold Mine is a large, well-established shallow to ultra-deep level gold mine with workings that are accessed through eight shaft systems that mine various gold bearing reefs
2021-7-15 Quartz Reef Mining. Primary gold typically happens in quartz veins. The removal of gold ore from these tough quartz veins was traditionally referred to as quartz reef mining. A Prussian engineer, Jacob Brache was the foremost to feel that quartz reefs may have even more gold than alluvial fields.
2018-10-11 The Beatrix Gold Mine consists of four surface operating shafts that mine various gold bearing reefs from open ground and pillars at depths between 600 and 2,155 m below surface. Ore is processed at two metallurgical plants with mill throughput of approximately 3.0 Mtpa to produce approximately 391 koz of gold. The mine has a workforce of
2018-7-19 In the past, mining at the Union Reefs Gold Mine was carried out under the management of Acacia Resources Ltd and AngloGold (Ashanti) Limited (Anglo) till 2003. During this phase, the total of ore milled was 20,225,360t @ 1.47g/t Au or the recovery of 957,523 fine oz gold. The Burnside Joint Venture,a subsidiary of GBS Gold Australia (liquidated)
Junction Reefs. The Junction Reefs Mine is located 270 kilometres west of Sydney in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. The mine is located on undulating, cleared grazing land in a cereal cropping, vineyards, and sheep and cattle grazing
2020-9-4 Kopanang Vaal Reefs No 9 Shaft gold mine. Report summary. Kopanang and Moab Khotsong used to form AngoGold Ashanti`s Vaal River operations. As cost escalations continued to outpace inflation as well as gold price, Kopanang was considered unprofitable in the process of Anglo's South African restructure. The sale of Kopanang to Heaven-Sent SA
2019-5-24 Mine Closure Report Union Reefs Gold Mine Anglogold Australia iv Almost 17mt of ROM ore (@1.63 g/t), 1.5mt of Leach ore (@0.86g/t) and over 3.6mt of mineralised waste (@0.53g/t) was mined throughout the life of the Union Reefs Gold Mine. This, alongside 92mt of waste, produced an average strip ratio of 5.29:1
2014-5-22 Elsburg reefs and VCR to optimize mechanized mine planning at South Deep Gold Mine by K. Osburn*, H. Pretorius†, D. Kock†, N. King†, R. Pillaye†, and M. Hlangwane‡ Synopsis South Deep Gold Mine, owned by Gold Fields Ltd., is situated near Westonaria in the Gauteng Province of South Africa and mines the
2021-2-5 Special Report: Victorian high-grade gold producer Kaiser Reef has a production target of 150,000 tonnes per year of gold ore for its A1 Mine acquired by the company in January. The operator of the A1 Mine for gold in Victoria, Kaiser Reef (ASX:KAU) recently published some high-grade drilling results for the mine that included 3.7m at 68.62 grams per tonne (g/t) gold.
2018-7-19 In the past, mining at the Union Reefs Gold Mine was carried out under the management of Acacia Resources Ltd and AngloGold (Ashanti) Limited (Anglo) till 2003. During this phase, the total of ore milled was 20,225,360t @ 1.47g/t Au or the recovery of 957,523 fine oz gold. The Burnside Joint Venture,a subsidiary of GBS Gold Australia (liquidated)
2018-2-13 Witwatersrand gold reefs Mining Method: The future of the Witwatersrand gold mines. This financial, social and political squeeze has been going on for many years now and this is reflected in South Africa steadily shrinking share of the world gold
Junction Reefs. The Junction Reefs Mine is located 270 kilometres west of Sydney in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. The mine is located on undulating, cleared grazing land in a cereal cropping, vineyards, and sheep and cattle grazing
2020-9-4 Kopanang Vaal Reefs No 9 Shaft gold mine. Report summary. Kopanang and Moab Khotsong used to form AngoGold Ashanti`s Vaal River operations. As cost escalations continued to outpace inflation as well as gold price, Kopanang was considered unprofitable in the process of Anglo's South African restructure. The sale of Kopanang to Heaven-Sent SA
2014-5-22 Elsburg reefs and VCR to optimize mechanized mine planning at South Deep Gold Mine by K. Osburn*, H. Pretorius†, D. Kock†, N. King†, R. Pillaye†, and M. Hlangwane‡ Synopsis South Deep Gold Mine, owned by Gold Fields Ltd., is situated near Westonaria in the Gauteng Province of South Africa and mines the
2021-9-14 Current status. In March 2018, HSC acquired the Kopanang mine from AngloGold Ashanti. The mine operates at depths of 1,350 to 2,240 metres below surface and is accessed by one of the largest diameter shafts in South Africa. Around 3,000 people currently work at the mine, producing around 85,000 oz of gold annually.
2021-2-5 Special Report: Victorian high-grade gold producer Kaiser Reef has a production target of 150,000 tonnes per year of gold ore for its A1 Mine acquired by the company in January. The operator of the A1 Mine for gold in Victoria, Kaiser Reef (ASX:KAU) recently published some high-grade drilling results for the mine that included 3.7m at 68.62 grams per tonne (g/t) gold.
1995-5-10 Vaal Reefs 1995. 10/05/1995 Vaal Reefs Mine Underground train crash. 104 miners died in one of South Africa's largest gold mines when the cables controlling an underground train snapped, sending the cars hurtling down a 7,000-foot vertical shaft onto an elevator. The victims were in the two-story elevator, which was crushed by the falling
2021-9-9 Reef Gold Mining the Matrix. Reef mining operations typically started as small scale ventures between syndicates of two to six miners who would peg out their claim and start mining down the line of a quartz reef. As reefs rarely went straight down, this work usually required a shaft to be sunk first up from where drives could be put in to
2018-3-19 Orkney is a large 7 shaft mine on a mining right that covers an area of 10,561.7 ha. It was originally owned by Anglo American, which later became AngloGold Ashanti Limited, and was art of their Vaal Reef Operations. African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) then purchased the mine from Anglo and in 2003 ARM merged with Harmony Gold. In 2008 Pamodzi Gold bought the operations from Harmony but
2018-7-19 In the past, mining at the Union Reefs Gold Mine was carried out under the management of Acacia Resources Ltd and AngloGold (Ashanti) Limited (Anglo) till 2003. During this phase, the total of ore milled was 20,225,360t @ 1.47g/t Au or the recovery of 957,523 fine oz gold. The Burnside Joint Venture,a subsidiary of GBS Gold Australia (liquidated)
2018-2-13 Witwatersrand gold reefs Mining Method: The future of the Witwatersrand gold mines. This financial, social and political squeeze has been going on for many years now and this is reflected in South Africa steadily shrinking share of the world gold
2018-10-11 The Beatrix Gold Mine consists of four surface operating shafts that mine various gold bearing reefs from open ground and pillars at depths between 600 and 2,155 m below surface. Ore is processed at two metallurgical plants with mill throughput of approximately 3.0 Mtpa to produce approximately 391 koz of gold. The mine has a workforce of
2020-11-4 New mid-tier gold aspirant Shallow Reefs Gold is in the process of being built in South Africa to mine the shallow reefs of South Africa’s historic Witwatersrand Gold Basin. Shallow Reefs Gold has former Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu and former Exxaro chairperson Sipho Nkosi on board and is taking steps leverage well-known shallow deposits, some of them already served by mining
2021-9-14 Current status. In March 2018, HSC acquired the Kopanang mine from AngloGold Ashanti. The mine operates at depths of 1,350 to 2,240 metres below surface and is accessed by one of the largest diameter shafts in South Africa. Around 3,000 people currently work at the mine, producing around 85,000 oz of gold annually.
2020-9-4 Kopanang Vaal Reefs No 9 Shaft gold mine. Report summary. Kopanang and Moab Khotsong used to form AngoGold Ashanti`s Vaal River operations. As cost escalations continued to outpace inflation as well as gold price, Kopanang was considered unprofitable in the process of Anglo's South African restructure. The sale of Kopanang to Heaven-Sent SA
1995-5-10 Vaal Reefs 1995. 10/05/1995 Vaal Reefs Mine Underground train crash. 104 miners died in one of South Africa's largest gold mines when the cables controlling an underground train snapped, sending the cars hurtling down a 7,000-foot vertical shaft onto an elevator. The victims were in the two-story elevator, which was crushed by the falling
BLYVOOR GOLD (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED (“Blyvoor Gold”) is a gold mining company that is investing in the reconstruction and mining of the Blyvoor Gold Mine (“Blyvooruitzicht”). During 2015 and 2016, Blyvoor Gold negotiated and bought the mining right and certain surface assets. The assets purchased were those considered to be essential to
2018-12-6 (1991). The Role of Geophysics in Exploration at Junction Reefs and the Sheahan-Grants Gold Mine, Central N.S.W. Exploration Geophysics: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 65-70.
2018-3-19 Orkney is a large 7 shaft mine on a mining right that covers an area of 10,561.7 ha. It was originally owned by Anglo American, which later became AngloGold Ashanti Limited, and was art of their Vaal Reef Operations. African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) then purchased the mine from Anglo and in 2003 ARM merged with Harmony Gold. In 2008 Pamodzi Gold bought the operations from Harmony but