Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Tailings |
Commodities |
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The Platinum Mile project is a tailings retreatment facility (plant) that recovers PGMs from the tailings streams of the Rustenburg Waterval and Retrofit concentrator plants. |
Source:
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
Sibanye-Stillwater Ltd.
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91.7 %
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Indirect
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Platinum Mile Resources Pty. Ltd.
(operator)
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100 %
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Direct
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Summary:
The Platinum Mile project, located adjacent to the Rustenburg operations Paardekraal tailings storage facility (TSF) is a tailings retreatment facility (plant) that recovers PGMs from the tailings streams of the Rustenburg Waterval and Retrofit concentrator plants. As it is a current tailings retreatment operation, no Mineral Resources or Mineral Reserves are declared.
Summary:
Tails from the Waterval TSFs and Waterval UG2 and Retrofit concentrators are retreated at the Platinum Mile plant.
Platinum Mile operations - PGM concentrate will be sold to and processed by the Marikana processing facilities .
Recoveries & Grades:
Commodity | Parameter | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
PGM
|
Recovery Rate, %
| ......  | ......  | 11.2 |
PGM
|
Head Grade, g/t
| ......  | ......  | 0.63 |
Production:
From 17 April 2020, management commenced implementing its strategy to mobilise the required employee complement to safely ramp up production at our South African operations to the initial restricted 50%. At 30 June 2020 the SA Gold and SA PGM operations were at a production capacity of 86% and 73%, respectively.
Commodity | Units | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
PGM
|
koz
| ......  | ......  | 18 |
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:
Metrics | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
Tonnes milled
| ......  | 8,035 kt | 7,712 kt |
Annual processing capacity
| ......  | | |
Annual milling rate
| ......  | | |
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Mine Management:
Job Title | Name | Profile | Ref. Date |
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Jun 12, 2021
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