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The Moab Khotsong mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in North West some 180 kilometers (110 mi) southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. Moab Khotsong represents one of the largest uranium reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 57.2 million tonnes (63.1 × 10 ^ 6 short tons) of ore grading 0.058% uranium.
Harmony successfully acquired Moab Khotsong from AngloGold Ashanti Limited on 1 March 2018. The $300-million deal includes the Moab Khotsong mine, one of the newest South African deep-level mines, with life-of-mine grade forecast at 8.2 g/t, taking the average Harmony underground grade to 5.7g/t.
This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,224 m (7,297 ft), which is the depth of Krubera Cave, the deepest known natural cave in the world.
6 Operations. 7 See also. 8 Bibliography. ... Harmony Gold. Target Mine [29] Unisel Mine [30] Moab Khotsong Mine [31] Sibanye Stillwater. Beatrix Mine [32] Shaft ...
AngloGold Ashanti Limited is an independent and global gold mining company with a diverse portfolio of cooperation, projects, and exploration activities, formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. [1]
Khutsong is a township on the West Rand of South Africa, and scene of widespread unrest starting in February 2006. [2] It is situated north-west of the town of Carletonville, [3] in the Merafong City Local Municipality of the Gauteng province, just west of the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve.
The mine is owned by the Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. and is the amalgamation of the Deelkraal mine and Elandsrand mines, bought from AngloGold in 2001 for R1 billion in cash. [ 1 ] Kusasalethu mines mainly the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) and the Carbon Leader.
While earthquakes are uncommon in South Africa in general, [12] the earthquake occurred in a mining belt where earthquakes are relatively common. [13] The CGS had described a 2005 earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale in the same area as Orkney as "the largest mining-related earthquake in South Africa". [14]