Crocodile River Mine (CRM) is a shallow long-life hybrid platinum group metals (PGM) mine on the Western limb of the Bushveld complex near Brits.
The Crocodile River operation comprises an operating remining mining section on the Tailings dam, Zandfontein underground; two development sections, Crocette and Kareespruit; and a number of processing plants.
The company placed its Eastern limb projects including Mareesburg and Kennedy’s Vale/Spitzkop, in care and maintenance in September 2012.
However, the Company began reclaiming chrome from its Retreatment Project of the Zandfontein tailings in December 2018 and PGMs in 2020.
On March 6, 2024, Eastplats announced that the soft restart of the Zandfontein underground operations is complete and is fully operational. CRM, Zandfontein underground, has a life of mine of more than 22 years. |