Kolomela Expansion Project, Northern Cape

The project involves the brownfield development and introduction of a beneficiation facility to increase production by six million tons a year, through rescheduling the current life-of-mine (LoM) plan and the inclusion and processing of resources currently excluded from the LoM plan. The project includes the expansion of the existing of waste rock dumps, the mining of new pits on the farms Ploegfontein and Kapstevel and the inclusion of Dense Media Separation (DMS) processing as well as additional workshops. This will allow for an increase in production from 9 to 16 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). A new explosives magazine, haul roads and sewage treatment works will also be constructed.