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South Africa
Forzando Mine (Katlego Operation)

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 Location:
10 km N from Bethal, South Africa

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

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Bord-and-pillar
Production Start...
Mine Life5 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)
Forzando Coal Mine West & Dorstfontein Coal Mine East are part of the Katlego Operation (formerly Exxaro Coal Central Complex).

Production and financial data are not available since 2021.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Mmakau Mining (Pty) Ltd 13.26 % Indirect
Overlooked Colliery Proprietary Ltd 74 % Indirect
Forzando Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
On 8 April 2021, Exxaro signed a sales and purchase agreement with Overlooked Colliery Proprietary Limited disposing of the ECC operation. All conditions precedent to the sales and purchase agreement were fulfilled and the transaction became effective on 3 September 2021.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Highveld coalfield hosts up to five coal seams in the middle Ecca Group sediments of the Karoo Supergroup. The stratigraphic sequence in the mine area includes five coal seams that can be correlated with seams found in the Witbank coalfield, named from the base upwards as seam 1 (S1), seam 2 (S2), seam 3 (S3), seam 4 (S4) and S5. Seam splitting is common feature in the area. This is fundamentally attributed to the proximity to the Smithfield Ridge and thus the provenance of detrital material. S2 may be split into seam 2 upper (S2U) and seam 2 lower (S2L) while S4 is split into three subseams, seam 4 lower (S4L), seam 4 upper (S4U) and S4A. Furthermore, S4A may be split into S4A1 and S4A2. S5 is generally split into the S5 and seam 5 lower (S5L).

The thickest and most ubiquitous being the S2, S4 and S5 seams. S1 is restricted to palaeo-lows while S3 only occurs on the western side of the complex. The principal economic seams currently exploited are S2L and S4L, with the remaining seams being either too thin, laterally discontinuous, poor quality or impractical/uneconomical to mine.

FZO complex is characterised by two adjoining palaeo-valleys, one in FZON and the other in FZOS. The valley in FZON has higher-quality coal while FZOS is characterised by lower-quality coal. The different coal qualities are indicative of different depositional environments and thus the different geological domains. Remnants of the Smithfield Ridge exist in the north-western ........


Mining Methods

  • Continuous
  • Bord-and-pillar


Summary:

The Forzando complex covers 13 233ha and comprises two underground operations, namely Forzando North and Forzando South with Forzando North placed under care and maintenance in March 2020. Forzando South is characterised by mechanised bord-and-pillar mining using a suite of continuous mining equipment. The operation is currently exploiting the S4L with four continuous mining sections, and is supported by a fleet of primary and secondary mining equipment. Forzando North also used mechanised bord-and-pillar mining using a suite of continuous mining equipment to exploit primarily the S4L although S2L was also previously exploited.

RoM from Forzando South is conveyed by surface to the beneficiation plant at Forzando North supporting the export market.


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Production:
2021 production data is reported for the period January 1 to September 3th 2022.

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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20202019201820172016
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required2.73 Mt of ROM coal2.07 Mt of ROM coal2.4 Mt of ROM coal2.3 Mt of ROM coal
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 9.6 Mt Coal (thermal)
Probable 4.1 Mt Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 13.7 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured 86.9 Mt Coal (thermal)
Indicated 32.3 Mt Coal (thermal)
Inferred 30.5 Mt Coal (thermal)
Total Resource 149.7 Mt Coal (thermal)


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