Overview
| Status | Care and Maintenance |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
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| Mining Method |
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| Processing |
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Reuning Mine is situated in the vicinity of Sendelingsdrift on the banks of the LOR in the Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park and operations include the Nxodap plant and mining area, the Suidhek plant and the Jakkalsberg mining area. All mining operations at Reuning Mine ceased during FY2015. All staff were relocated within the surrounding operations and the Reuning Mine is currently under care and maintenance. |
Source:
Trans Hex Operations (Pty) Ltd (“Trans Hex”) was previously the holder of the Mining Right issued by the Department of Mineral Resources (“DMR”) and the Lessee of a Notarial Mining Lease granted by the State as the Lessor and the registered owner of the Mining Area of 41 343 hectare of land in the Richtersveld. Trans Hex stopped mining in September 2017, placed the mine under care and maintenance. In April 2018 Lower Orange River Diamonds (PTY) Ltd (LOR) purchased the business as a going concern (this included the Mining Right and the rights to the Mining Lease. During July 2019 LOR received notice from the DMR that its application to cede the Mining Right from Trans Hex to LOR. LOR has appointed its operational company Plateaux Diamonds (Pty) Ltd (“Plateaux”) to conduct and manage mining operations at the Lower Orange River Complex, as well as to enter into joint ventures with other Junior Diamond Miners (CAM project), with extensive experience in alluvial diamond mining.
Summary:
The diamond deposits are alluvial occurrences, which are limited to remnant palaeo-channel deposits of unconsolidated gravels deposited in two deposition cycles. The Miocene, wave of deposition, which also dissected the older terraces, now forming the more recent paleo terraces. These two deposits are classified as the Arrisdrift Gravel Formation.
Summary:
Ore is mined using open pit mining methods from numerous small, localised alluvial gravel resources. Mining is carried out with open pit truck and shovel operations from the diamondiferous gravels after removal of overburden. The general method employed is strip mining. The paleo-channels and terraces which host the diamondiferous gravels vary in width and overburden depth and, as such are subject to varying degrees of continuity for active mining faces. Mining also encompasses rehandling and reprocessing of remnant tailings and stockpiled material. The mining fleet is consistent across these operations, with the exception of the dredging operations undertaken at Shallow Water.
Source:
Summary:
Reuning Mine is situated in the vicinity of Sendelingsdrift on the banks of the lower Orange River in the Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park. The mining operations include a newly installed oreprocessing and final recovery plant at Reuning, a 50 tons/hour dense medium separation (DMS) plant at Suidhek and a recommissioned mine at Jakkalsberg.
Recoveries & Grades:
| Commodity | Parameter | 2015 |
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Diamond
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Head Grade, carats/cu.m
| 0.003 |
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2015 |
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Diamond
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carats
| 696 |
Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2015 |
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Stripping / waste ratio
| 0.3 |
Reserves at December 31, 2018:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained carats |
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Indicated
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6,362,420 cu. m
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Diamond
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0.0057 carats/cu.m
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36,361 carats
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Inferred
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28,692,017 cu. m
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Diamond
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0.0051 carats/cu.m
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146,441 carats
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