Specifications - Platmin Platinum Mine, Pilanesberg, South Africa

Key Data
Producer of	Platinum
Location	North West Province, South Africa
Ownership	Boynton Investments (Pty) Ltd (72%); Moepi group (27%)
Geology type	Igneous rock
Mineral type	Disseminated sulphides
Reserve base	4.4Moz proven and probable 3PGE (platinum, palladium and rhodium) and gold, 3.2Moz attributable to Platmin (2007)
Annual production	250,000 3PGE+Au oz/year (2009), rising to a peak of 296,000 3PGE+Au oz/year (2010)
Mining method	Open pit
Processing method	Crushing, wet-milling with reagents then blowing air through the slurry mixture
Employment	1,700-2,000 during the construction phase; about 750 over the mine's operational life
Key Equipment
Open pit	100t and 150t Terex trucks, 125t and 325t Liebherr excavators and MCC blast hole drill rigs
Processing plant	Metso mills and crushers, and Outokumpu flotation cells
Engineering	Dowding Reynard & Associates