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South Africa
Bafokeng Rasimone Mine

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 Location:
25 km N from Rustenburg, South Africa

  Address:
The Pivot No 1 Monte Casino Boulevard Block C 4th floor
P O Box 2283 Fourways 2055
Fourways
South Africa
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • PGM
  • Gold
  • Platinum
  • Palladium
  • Rhodium
Mining Method
  • Breast stoping with strike pillars
Production Start...
Mine Life30 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of South Africa 9.46 % Indirect
Northam Platinum Ltd. 34.68 % Indirect
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. 35.31 % Indirect
Royal Bafokeng Resources (Pty) Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The mining rights are held in the name of Royal Bafokeng Resources Proprietary Limited (RBR), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. (RBPlat).

Major shareholders of Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. (RBPlat):
- Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) (35.31%);
- Northam Platinum Holdings Limited (Northam) (34.68%);
- the government-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) (9.46%);
- Royal Bafokeng Holdings (3.29%).

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Deposit Type

  • Magmatic


Summary:

RBPlat is located on the Western Limb of the BIC, one of the three main portions or limbs which all comprise similarities in their formation, economic potential and type of commodity. The Bushveld Complex formed approximately 2.04 billion years ago, comprising three main suites, namely the Rooiberg Group, Lebowa Granite Suite and the Rustenburg Layered Suite. The Rustenburg Layered Suite comprises four main zones (the upper, main, critical and lower zones) with each zone characterized by signature igneous intrusive layering, known as stratigraphy. The critical zone hosts the platinum group element (PGE) bearing reef (the economically important layer) types of the Merensky reef and the Upper Group 2 reef (UG2). RBPlat’s operations mines Merensky and UG2 reefs.

The western extremity of the Maseve ore body subcrops 190m below surface. The northern boundry is the operational Wesizwe Platinum’s mining right area, and the remainder of the ore body borders RBPlat operations.

Proximity of the basement (and possibly its paleotopography) to the Merensky and UG2, by and large influenced the geometry and succession of the local stratigraphy, which primarily resulted from local basement upliftment. Upliftment caused the folded or rolling nature of the stratigraphic geometries which are preserved as anticlines and synclines. The frequency of the rolling towards the west becomes narrower with steeper dips resulting in some of the stratigraphic units not developed. The ........


Mining Methods

  • Breast stoping with strike pillars


Summary:

The extraction is divided into two mining areas by a northeast — southwest trending fault. The northern (BRPM North shaft) and southern (BRPM South shaft) areas are both accessed and serviced by a decline shaft complex, consisting of a conveyor decline, a material decline and a chairlift decline, and vertical up-cast ventilation shafts.

Sinking of North and South shaft declines started in 1998, providing access to the shallow dipping, narrow reef ore bodies, which sub-outcrops and extends to approximately 430mbs at South shaft and 635mbs at North shaft.Production commenced with open-cast mining of the Merensky and UG2 reefs to a depth of +/- 30mbs. UG2 mining is replacing the Merensky using the same infrastructure, with South shaft becoming a UG2 reef mine at the end of 2022. The deeper section at North shaft Phase III is an extension of the Merensky mining.

Two mining methods are being employed at BRPM, namely conventional and hybrid mining. The hybrid mining method employs conventional stoping methods, but replaces footwall development infrastructure and rail transport with on-reef conveyor and roadway drives and a combination of load haul dumper (LHD) and conveyor transport of ore to the main decline ore passes. Material is transported by utility vehicles (UV).

The decline system is connected to the reef horizon by means of an access drive. On the reef horizon two drives are developed on strike. The upper drive is used for material transpo ........


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Production:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) koz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required266283275272
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,229 kt2,268 kt2,431 kt2,349 kt
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,222 kt2,299 kt2,449 kt2,453 kt
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 40.58 Mt 4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) 3.9 g/t 5.09 M oz
Probable 15.32 Mt 4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) 4.06 g/t 2 M oz
Proven & Probable 55.9 Mt 4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) 3.94 g/t 7.09 M oz
Total Resource 77.13 Mt 4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) 5.68 g/t 14.08 M oz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202120202019201820172016
Cash costs 4E (Pt, Pd, Rh, Au) ZAR  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 10,468 / oz   9,941 / oz   10,068 / oz  
Cash costs Platinum ZAR  ......  Subscription required 16,145 / oz   15,414 / oz   15,639 / oz  
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Operating Costs:

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Total operating costs ($/t milled) ZAR 1,5811,5081,3611,2131,1491,1771,066

Financials:

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Revenue M ZAR  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 3,627  
Gross profit M ZAR  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 342.1   331.6   213  
Pre-tax Income M ZAR  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 476.9   414.3   298  
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Report 2018
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