Rosh Pinah
Exxaro holds 50,04% in Rosh Pinah with Namibian empowerment groupings holding the balance. Exxaro will continue to manage this operation.
Situated in south-western Namibia, 800 km south of Windhoek, this is an underground mine employing approximately 540 people. The mineral deposit occurs in complex structural settings, favouring silling and benching mining methods.
The mine has continually sought to increase operational efficiency and debottleneck processes have increased current production to 126ktpa of zinc concentrates, fully sold to Exxaro’s zinc refinery at market-related prices. The lead concentrate is sold to international customers.
Intensive on-mine exploration is under way to add to the total mineral resource of 7Mt. The current economic mine life of six years is based on zinc concentrate production of 120ktpa. Limited exploration is also being conducted on targets outside the immediate mine area and the mine has entered into an exploration agreement with Ambase Exploration (Namibia) (Pty) Limited which will allow the two companies access to select areas under each other’s prospecting permits for exploration.
CONTACT
Christo Aspelling
Mine Manager
Tel: 00 264 63 274200
Fax: 00 264 63 274209
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