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South Africa
Leeuwpan Mine

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 Location:
6 km SE from Delmas, South Africa

  Address:
The conneXXion, 263B, West Avenue, Die Hoewes, Centurion
Gauteng
South Africa
0163
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life8 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Exxaro is currently in a process of potential divestment from the Leeuwpan operation.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Exxaro Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Leeuwpan mine is in the Delmas coalfield, on the western border of the Witbank coalfield. The geology within the Delmas coalfield is similar to that of the Witbank coalfield. Like the Witbank coalfield, the Delmas coalfield has up to five coal seams in the middle Ecca group sediments of the Karoo supergroup. The Karoo sequence in the area is represented by the Dwyka formation and the middle Ecca with little or no lower Ecca development. The middle Ecca sequence of coal horizons, interbedded with sediments, is highly truncated due to erosion with only very minor areas where the full sequence is developed.

The basement is generally the Malmani dolomites from the Transvaal supergroup.

Two coal seams have been identified at Leeuwpan: top coal seam (TC) and bottom coal seam (BC). BC correlates with the seam 2 (S2) of the Witbank and Highveld coalfields and TC correlates to the seam 4 (S4) and seam 5 (S5). BC qualities are generally higher than TC qualities.

The coal seams at Leeuwpan are primarily interbedded with sandstone, shale and carbonaceous shale. The coal was deposited on glacial sediments of Dwyka tillite which, in turn, were deposited on dolomite of the Transvaal Supergroup. A significant amount of magma intruded as concordant sills of dolerite in the Karoo strata in the Delmas area. Associated with the dolerite intrusion are numerous thin dolerite dyke structures that transgress the stratigraphy. Factors controlling geological and qual ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Leeuwpan is an opencast operation with various Reserves, in various pits, mined simultaneously. Current mining operations are on the OJ (depleted in 2018), OL and OWM Reserves with the introduction of OI Reserves. The OI box-cut was completed in September 2018 and first coal was produced in Q1 2019. The mine uses trucks and shovels for mining-related operations. We estimate that the mine will be in production until 2031, with the mining right lapsing in 2039. Leeuwpan supplies domestic and export markets. The mine is equipped with a rapid rail load-out station, which is the preferred means of coal offtake, although road transport is accommodated.

Mine Waste
Originally, the mine residue consisting of carbon-carrying shales, plant residue and fine coal recovered from the slimes dams, was compacted and disposed of into the mined-out pits below the groundwater table. It was then covered with a clay layer and topsoil so that it would be suitable for agricultural purposes at a later stage.

Discard material from these Blocks was placed back into the open pits.


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Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4.23.43.8
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required6.5 Mt of ROM coal6.65 Mt of ROM coal4.46 Mt of ROM coal6.4 Mt of ROM coal
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
Average thickness cut-off 0.5m for all seams except S5, which is 1.0m.

CategoryTonnage CommodityMarketable Coal
Proven 40.2 Mt Coal (thermal)
Probable 3.2 Mt Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 43.4 Mt Coal (thermal) 27.3 Mt
Measured 77.9 Mt Coal (thermal)
Inferred 3.6 Mt Coal (thermal)
Total Resource 81.5 Mt Coal (thermal)

Financials:

Units202020192018
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Staff:

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