Eastern Platinum says the initial phase of the Zandfontein underground operations at the company’s flagship Crocodile River Mine (CRM) in South Africa is now fully operational.
CRM is located within the Bushveld Complex, host to approximately 80% of the world’s PGM-bearing ore, in northeastern South Africa.
"It is my pleasure to announce that the soft restart of the Zandfontein underground operations is complete and is fully operational,” commented Wanjin Yang, CEO of Eastern Platinum.
“We can now begin to ramp up underground mining efforts and bring run-of-mine (“ROM”) material to the surface, where we will begin the first batch of ROM processing in the second quarter of 2024.”
Eastern Platinum plans to achieve a mining run rate of 40,000 tonnes per month by the end of 2024 and process up to 235,000 tonnes of ore from underground production this year.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished
