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South Africa
Blyvoor Mine

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 Location:
15 Km NW from Fochville, South Africa

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P O Box 1136 Houghton
Johannesburg
South Africa
2041
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Overview

StageRestarting
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Conventional narrow-reef mining
  • Blast Hole Stoping
Mine Life22 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)


Owners

Source: p. 23
CompanyInterestOwnership
Black Economic Empowerment(B-BBEE Commission) 26 % Indirect
Blyvoor Gold (Pty) Ltd. 74 % Indirect
Blyvoor Gold Capital (Pty) Ltd is a registered subsidiary (74%) of Blyvoor Gold (Pty) Ltd. The remaining 26% ownership is held by Black Economic Empowerment entities as required by the South African Mining Charter.

December 15, 2021 - Pan African is pleased to advise shareholders that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Blyvoor Gold Operations (Pty) Ltd (Blyvoor Operations) from Blyvoor Gold (Pty) Ltd (the Transaction).
Three-month initial fatal-flaw due diligence period, following which Pan African can elect to proceed with a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) over the following nine months, to December 2022. Pan African may then, following completion of the due diligence and, if applicable, the DFS, at its sole discretion, elect to acquire Blyvoor Operations for a cash consideration of ZAR110m (US$6.9m at current exchange rates), to be funded from internal cash resources.

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Deposit Type

  • Conglomerate hosted


Summary:

Gold and uranium deposits in the Witwatersrand Basin are hosted by quartz-pebble conglomerates, which are generally less than 2 m in thickness and developed on laterally continuous unconformity surfaces. These reefs are generally characterised by shallow dips of between 10° to 25° and thicknesses of 1.0 m to 2.5 m that make them suitable for exploitation by means of typical narrow stoping techniques.

The gold deposits of the Witwatersrand Basin are considered to be associated with coalesced fluvial braidplains, where gold was concentrated within braided stream gravels developed on unconformities which have been correlated around the basin.

Most early theories on the origin of gold believed the gold to be deposited syngenetically (placer theory) with the conglomerates or by epigenetic means (hydrothermal origin), but subsequent research by Kirk et al (2004) concluded that metamorphism caused the post depositional local redistribution of gold (modified placer theory).

Generally, gold occurs in native form often associated with pyrite (less commonly pyrrhotite) and carbon, with quartz as the main gangue mineral.

At Blyvoor, two economic placer horizons have been exploited. These are namely the Carbon Leader and Middelvlei Reefs and occur in quartzites of the Main Reef Conglomerate Formation of the Johannesburg Subgroup of the Central Rand Group. The auriferous conglomerates dip uniformly at 22°S.

The Carbon Leader is a high ........


Mining Methods

  • Conventional narrow-reef mining
  • Blast Hole Stoping


Summary:

The mining strategy for the Blyvoor Mine is to extract both the Carbon Leader Reef and Middelvlei Reef utilising the No. 5 Shaft Complex via conventional ledging and opening up to the required stoping width of 160 cm for Selective Blast Mining (SBM). The first month of production on each panel will consist of conventional ledging (approximately 8 m linear advance) and conventional opening-up from a 117 cm stoping width to the planned SBM stoping width of 160 cm.

It is expected that a 2 m linear face advance will be required to open-up the stoping width from 117 cm to 160 cm (43 cm). The conversion to SBM stoping will require an additional 4 m linear face advance using conventional stoping, to create sufficient volume in the back area for waste packing once SBM commences. It has been estimated that 50% of the waste within the 4 m advance will be packed, and the remaining 50% will contribute to dilution.

There after SBM stoping will be implemented. Some of the targeted workings cannot currently be accessed and opening-up with re-equipping will be required prior to mining.

Planned mining will initially take place between 15 Level and 27 Level. A ramp up of 17 months has been planned to reach steady state production of approximately 20,000 m², which equates to approximately 40 ktpm. This production rate will be sustained for a period of 15 months followed by a second ramp up. The second ramp up to a steady state production rate of approximately 4 ........


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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Gold koz 2425,320
All production numbers are expressed as payable metal.

Operational Metrics:

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Reserves at March 1, 2021:
Mineral Resources are reported at a 300 cm.g/t (2.56 g/t over 117 cm stoping width equivalent) pay limit.
Mineral Reserves are reported at a 479 cm.g/t cut-off grade applied.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 5.2 Mt Gold 8.85 g/t 1.48 M oz
Probable 13.64 Mt Gold 9.18 g/t 4.02 M oz
Proven & Probable 18.84 Mt Gold 9.09 g/t 5.5 M oz
Measured 41.95 Mt Gold 7.3 g/t 9.85 M oz
Indicated 8.13 Mt Gold 5.84 g/t 1.53 M oz
Measured & Indicated 50.08 Mt Gold 7.06 g/t 11.37 M oz
Inferred 79.77 Mt Gold 4.4 g/t 11.29 M oz

Commodity Production Costs:

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Operating Costs:

Units2021
UG mining costs ($/t milled) ZAR 1,988 *
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2021 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Processing OpEx $M ZAR 3,742
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of March 1, 2021:
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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