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South Africa
Elandspruit Complex

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 Location:
8 km W from Middelburg, South Africa

  Address:
Off the Van Dyksdrift Road, the farm Goedehoop
Mpumalanga
Middelburg
South Africa
1050
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Strip mining (roll-over)
  • Bord-and-pillar
Production Start...
Mine Life3 years (as of Jan 1, 2022)
The Elandspruit Complex comprises both opencast and underground operations.

In June 2022, the group has received letters relating to claims by its mining contractor, IPP Materials and Handling Proprietary Limited, relating to mining contracts for Vanggatfontein, Khanyisa and Elandspruit. The group, disclaiming the liability, is considering the contents of the claims and will take necessary action to defend its position.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Salungano Group Ltd. 100 % Indirect
The Elandspruit Complex comprises both opencast and underground operations and is 100% owned by Wescoal.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The Elandspruit, Khanyisa, Vanggatfontein and Moabsvelden Collieries are located within the Witbank Coalfield. The northern extent of the Coalfield is defined by the limit of coal-bearing sediments of the Vryheid Formation which abut against pre-Karoo basement rocks of the Transvaal Sequence, the Waterberg Group and Bushveld Complex. The southern limit of the central sector of the Coalfield is marked by a series of Bushveld Complex inliers known as the Smithfield Ridge while in the east and west sectors, the boundary between the Witbank Coalfield and the Highveld Coalfield to the south is somewhat arbitrary. The five major coal seams of the coalfield are contained within a stratigraphic interval averaging approximately 70m in thickness. The seams are numbered, from the base upwards and include the No. 1 Coal Seam, the No. 2 Coal Seam (split into the No. 2 Lower Coal Seam and No. 2 Upper Coal Seam), the No. 3 Coal Seam, the No. 4 Coal Seam (split into the No. 4 Lower Coal Seam and No. 4 Upper Coal Seam) and the uppermost No. 5 Coal Seam. The No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 Coal Seams are present at Elandspruit. No. 1 Coal Seam The No. 1 Coal Seam increases in thickness from less than 1 m along the eastern boundary where the seam pinches out, to over 4m in the western sector. In the opencast area, the seam averages 4 m in thickness whereas in the underground area in averages 2.9 m. The depth to roof of the No. 1 Coal Seam ranges from less than 10 m along the eastern boundary, ........


Mining Methods

  • Strip mining (roll-over)
  • Bord-and-pillar


Summary:

Currently, all seams present within the delineated opencast areas are scheduled for mining, namely the No. 4 Lower Coal Seam, No. 3 Coal Seam, No. 2 Upper and Lower Coal Seams and the No. 1 Coal Seam. Within the underground mining area, only the No. 1 Coal Seam is targeted for mining. As such, all other seams have been excluded from the UG estimations.

Coal reserves for Elandspruit are based on the current mining strategy with regard to both opencast and underground operations. Opencast operations are based on the standard strip mining and rollover methodology, with underground being based on standard bord and pillar methodology with no secondary extraction.

During FY22, Elandspruit generated ROM from opencast amounting to 2.44mt and 0.08mt from the underground operations which commenced again in August 2021 (previous underground operations ceased in August 2018).


Crushing and Grinding

The ROM will be loaded and hauled to the designated area adjacent to the Crush & Screen plant from where the coal will be initially fed to the crushing and screening plant. The plant is designed to process 200 tonnes ROM (>0-300mm) per hour from the Mine, which is first fed into the plant’s crusher (primary) and screening section, which crushes and screens out the material to a 0-90mm range. From there it is screened to a 30-60mm product, creating nuts. All > 60 – 90mm particles go through a secondary crusher that crushes the material and the screening section removes 0-30mm particles of which the 9-30mm particles are called peas and the 0-8/9mm duff. The plant will produce nuts, duff and peas. The plant covers a footprint of 82 meters in length by 50 meters in width. From an environmental point of view the plant has minimal impact. It is also situated within the Pollution Control Dam section of the Mine.


Processing

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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.58 Mt of ROM coal3.06 Mt of ROM coal2.5 Mt of ROM coal
Raw coal annual capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3.1 Mt3.1 Mt
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Reserves at March 31, 2022:
For Coal Resources cut-offs applied: minimum Seam thickness cut-off of 0.5m for opencast (all seams) and 0.4m for opencast S3, and 1.8m for underground; Raw Ash cut-off > 50% (adb); Raw Volatile Matter Content <18% (adb);

For Coal Reserves (Opencast) cut-offs applied: minimum seam thickness for OC areas – 0.5m (all seams except for the No. 3 seam, 0.4m); minimum volatile content – 18% (adb) and maximum Ash Content - 50% (adb).

For Coal Reserves (Underground) seam cut-off: minimum 1.2m and Minimum Volatiles 18%.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityMarketable Coal
Proven In-Situ (OP) 7.27 Mt Coal (thermal) 5.57 Mt
Probable In-Situ (OP) 0.54 Mt Coal (thermal) 0.37 Mt
Probable In-Situ (UG) 1.11 Mt Coal (thermal) 0.81 Mt
Proven & Probable In-Situ (OP) 7.81 Mt Coal (thermal) 5.95 Mt
Proven & Probable Total 8.92 Mt Coal (thermal) 6.76 Mt
Measured In-Situ (OP) 7.5 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured In-Situ (UG) 1.7 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured Total 9.2 Mt Coal (thermal)

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2019
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Financials:

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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of May 22, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeLeased or
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Truck ....................... Subscription required 100 t Leased
Truck (dump) ....................... Subscription required 40 t Leased
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Integrated Report 2022
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2022
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Corporate Presentation 2018
Integrated Report 2018
Corporate Presentation 2017
Integrated Report 2017
Integrated Report 2016
Environmental Assessment 2014
Technical Report 2014
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