Mining Intelligence and News
South Africa

Evander Mine

Click for more information
Australia

Evander Mine

Location: 32 km S from Bethal, South Africa

Address:

Rotterdam Road, Evander – Private Bag X1012
Evander
South Africa
2280

Contacts:

Additional Resources for Suppliers & Investors

Categories

Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Pillar mining
  • Breast mining
  • Scraper mining
Production Start... Lock
Mine Life... Lock
SnapshotEvander Mines’ underground operations includes 7 Shaft, 8 Shaft and the run-of-mine circuit at the Kinross metallurgical plant and 8 Shaft pillar mining, which are independent of Elikhulu, the 24, 25 and 26 Level project, the Egoli project.

Evander Mines’ underground operations are focused on mining the 24 Level, substituting production volumes from 8 Shaft’s pillar, consistent with the mine plan.

Development of 8 Shaft’s 24 and 25 Levels is progressing well, with ramped-up mining operations at 24 Level already contributing to the replacement of ounces as mining from the 8 Shaft’s pillar is depleted.

Egoli Project
7 Shaft’s Egoli project is a stand-alone underground operation which will utilise existing mining and metallurgical infrastructure, including 7 Shaft’s hoisting systems and processing facilities at the Kinross metallurgical plant.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Employee Share Ownership Plan (the ‘ESOP’) 5 % Indirect
Pan African Resources plc 95 % Indirect
Pan African Resources' subsidiary, Evander Gold Mines Proprietary Limited, owns 95% of the Evander Mines. Employees own 5% of the issued share capital of Evander Mines through an ESOP.

Contractors

Lock

- subscription is required.

SourceSource

Deposit type

  • Conglomerate hosted

Summary:

Evander Mines exploits the Kimberley Reef in the Evander basin, the eastern-most extremity of the Witwatersrand Supergroup. The Kimberley Reef is mined throughout the major gold mining districts within the Witwatersrand Supergroup, including the East Rand, Central Rand, West Rand, Far West Rand and Free State goldfields. Deposition models for gold within the conglomeratic horizons follows a palaeo-placer-type sedimentological deposition along with winnowing, erosion and concentration of gold-bearing footwall lithologies. Various studies have highlighted the importance of hydrothermal activity for deposition, remobilisation and enrichment within certain packages of the Witwatersrand Supergroup.

The Kimberley Reef is an oligomictic, pebbly conglomerate and comprises a composite sequence of channel sediments that define longitudinal gravel bars and sand bars with pebbly veneers. The reef in the area strikes in an east-west direction and dips to the north at about 10 degrees. The area is also divided by two major normal faults, striking in an east-north-east to west-south-west direction. The reef thickness varies from a waste on contact up to a 50cm well-developed oligomictic conglomerate. Average reef thickness is 35cm within the 8 Shaft vicinity. High gold values in the Kimberley Reef are mostly located at the base of the unit and are associated with the presence of carbon and some visible gold on the footwall contact.

Palaeo-placer and braided stream-type sedimentary deposit scavenged gold from the hinterland and underlying deposits. Mineralisation is concentrated in robust conglomeratic and carbonaceous units.

Gold is associated with disseminated sulphides in the form of pyrite. High grades occur where the reef is characterised by carbon specs or bands.

Reserves

Lock

- subscription is required.

Mining Methods

Lock

- subscription is required.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Lock

- subscription is required.

Processing

Lock

- subscription is required.

Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Gold oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe16,87948,56545,30473,49663,558
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe40 koz of gold metal in doré95 koz of gold metal in doré95 koz of gold metal in doré95 koz of gold metal in doré95 koz of gold metal in doré
Annual processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe138,000 t480,000 t480,000 t480,000 t
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe63,971 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe63,971 t272,124 t260,784 t408,281 t648,209 t

Production Costs

CommodityUnits20242023202220212020201920182017
Cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1,761 / oz   1,682 / oz   1,679 / oz  
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1,768 / oz **   2,065 / oz **   2,094 / oz **  
All-in costs Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1,927 / oz **   2,331 / oz **   2,197 / oz **  
** Net of By-Product.

Operating Costs

Currency202420232022202120202019201820172016
Total operating costs ($/t milled) ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe

Financials

Units20242023202220212020201920182017
Capital expenditures M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 38.1   181.5   222.2  
Revenue M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 301.2   811.4   754.9  
EBITDA M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe -32.9   -270   -334  

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Oct 8, 2024

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2024
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2023
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2022
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2021
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2020
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2018
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2017
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2016
...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required ...... Subscription required 2015

Aerial view:

Lock

- subscription is required.