South Africa
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Geology
Geochronology: The How and Why of Dating Rocks
When it comes to exploration geology, age matters! In this article, we’ll discuss how rocks are dated, why it matters,…
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Mine Planning and Management
Mining CO2 – Is Mining Atmospheric Carbon the Future of Environmental Sustainability?
Introduction Since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, there has been increasing pressure for the mining industry to reduce greenhouse gas…
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Deposits and Projects
Geology of the PGE Deposits in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Overview The Bushveld Complex (BC), located in northern South Africa, is a Paleoproterozoic Large Igneous Province ~2 Ga in age.…
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Great Deposits
Largest Gold Deposits in the World – Witwatersrand Gold Fields
Introduction The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Rockwell Diamond Inc – Saxendrift Diamond Mine
For untold millennia the Orange River of South Africa has slowly flowed to the sea, untroubled by glaciers or volcanoes,…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Ivanhoe Mines Platreef Project – Game Changer in South Africa
Occasionally deposits are so big and so important we can apply the term – game changer. The Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN),…
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Commodities
Diamonds – Where They Are Found and Why
Like gold, diamonds were originally recovered from alluvial deposits. However, unlike gold, the actual mining of diamonds from source deposits…
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