ABSTRACT. The extraction of the Main Shaft pillar at Kloof Gold Mine is expected to be one of the most challenging rock engineering projects in recent years. The scale, scope and complexity of the project are particularly unique. The extraction will directly affect four vertical shafts and indirectly affect a further three shafts.
Read MoreThe production from No. 4 Shaft and No. 5 Shaft is conveyed underground to No. 2 Shaft on 22 and 24 levels for hoisting. The Driefontein mining complex has three fissure water pumping shafts: No. 8 Shaft, No. 10 Shaft, and North Shaft (next to No. 8 Shaft), of which only No. 8 Shaft is still operational.
Read MoreKloof Gold Mine Remnant pillar mining reviewed Resources 71.8 million ounces Reserves 11.1 million ounces ... Shaft zone (tpm)* shaft (tpm) Main 1 300,000 46,548 1SV 255,000 34,207 2SV 130,000 3 Shaft 43,952 3SV 150,000 4 Shaft 58,989 4 110,000 4SV 150,000 7 Shaft 76,351 7 205,000 7SV 195,000
Read MoreKloof Gold Mine is in the planning phase of extracting the Main Shaft Pillar on the Ventersdorp Contact Reef. Situated at an average depth of 2500 m below surface, this shaft pillar hosts 1 surface and 3 sub-shafts. The surface shaft terminates approximately 40 m from the reef horizon and the sub-shafts all transverse the reef.
Read MoreThe Beatrix Gold Mine consists of four surface operating shafts that mine various gold bearing reefs from open ground and pillars at depths between 600 and 2,155 m below surface. Ore is processed at two metallurgical plants with mill throughput of approximately 3.0 Mtpa to produce approximately 391 koz of gold.
Read MoreThe Kloof Division is one of three South African operations within the Gold Fields group. The shafts on which the project work was carried out, no. 1 and no. 2 sub, are known as …
Read MoreThe Kloof gold mine comprises seven vertical shaft complexes, of which five are being used for ore production and hoisting. One (shaft-9) of the remaining two shafts has …
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Read MoreShaft sinking commenced at Libanon. Work commenced on Kloof's Main shaft system in 1964 and the Kloof Gold Mine official opened in 1968. Exploration activities between 1933 and 1939 culminate in the registration of West Driefontein Mining Company on March 7, 1945. Sinking of the No 1 and 2 shafts commences (now the No D11 and D12 shafts).
Read MoreSouth Deep Gold Mine is an intermediate to deep level gold mine comprising two shaft systems that mine various auriferous conglomerates from open ground and pillars that occur at depths between 1,575 m and 3,500 m below surface. The shaft systems comprise the older South Shaft complex with its main shaft and two sub vertical shafts, and the ...
Read MoreWork commenced on Kloof's Main shaft system in 1964 and the Kloof Gold Mine official opened in 1968. 1972: East Driefontein starts production in 1972, with an expected life of 52 years, and is immediately among the lowest cost producers in South Africa. 1979: West Driefontein succeeds Crown Mines as the largest gold producer ever. …
Read MoreSibanye Stillwater ( NYSE: SBSW) said Friday it plans to lay off 575 employees at the Kloof 4 shaft in South Africa following a review of its gold operations in the country. Sibanye ( SBSW) said ...
Read MoreDriefontein Gold Mine is a large, well-established shallow to ultra-deep level gold mine with workings that are accessed through eight shaft systems that mine various gold bearing reefs from open ground and …
Read MoreExtraction of the shaft pillar on the VCR horizon Kloof Main Shaft Complex. Challenges in Deep and High Stress Mining, Potvin, Y., Hadjigeorgiou, J. and Stacey, D. (eds), Australian Centre for ...
Read MoreThe seismic response to mining during the extraction of the Thuthukani shaft pillar, Kloof Operations, South Africa
Read MoreAbout South Deep. South Deep Gold Mine is a world-class bulk mechanised mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Westonaria 50km south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital. The mine has been built to extract one of the largest known gold deposits in the world and boasts a mineral reserve of 38 million …
Read MoreIn 1964, Kloof's main twin-shaft complex was initiated and the mine was officially opened in 1968. The sinking of the Leeudoorn shaft that had commenced in 1987, was …
Read MoreThe main shaft complex at Leeudoorn.goldfields mine kloof main shaft sources of gem stones,Kloof main shaft complex The Kloof Gold Mine, which is located 60 kilometers west of Johannesburg, near Westonaria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has produced more than 70 million ounces of gold during its 75-year life and was, …
Read MoreTechnical Short Form Report. Kloof is a large, well-established intermediate to ultra deep level gold mine that is accessed from surface …
Read MoreKloof is an intermediate to ultra-deep level gold mine, situated in the West Wits Line of the Witwatersrand Basin, near the towns of Randfontein and Westonaria, approximately 60km west of Johannesburg, in province of Gauteng, South Africa. Statistics as at 31 December 2022. Life of mine. 2032. Gold production. 158,182oz. All-in sustaining cost.
Read MoreIn the area east of the Bank Break, the majority of mining takes place on the VCR, which constitutes 88% of the Mineral Reserve, the MR 10%, and the Kloof Reefs the remaining 2%. West of the Bank Break the CL is generally a high grade reef and represents approximately 81% of the current Mineral Reserve, the VCR 17% with the remaining 2% ...
Read MoreProject report—pillar mining at No. 1 and 2 sub-shaft on Kloof Gold Mine this, coupled with a lower gold price, has had a negative effect on the profit margins of many gold mining companies. The consequences in some instances are dire and result in losses and even possible closure for some of the higher cost producers, such as Kloof Main #.
Read MoreSibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) said Friday it plans to lay off 575 employees at the Kloof 4 shaft in South Africa following a review of its gold operations in the country.Sibanye said after ...
Read Morevertical shaft and Kloof 3 sub vertical shaft in order to access unmined reef pillars, between 24 level and 31 level. This Project will access two VCR pillars as well as …
Read MoreMining operations have been carried out in the Free State goldfields since the 1940s and gold has been produced at Beatrix since 1983. At 31 December 2022, Beatrix had total surface and underground gold Mineral Reserves of 0.8Moz and Mineral Resources of 9.9Moz. Beatrix also holds 27Mlb of uranium resources contained in the …
Read MoreSouth Deep is a medium to deep-level gold mine that operates one gold plant and is accessed from surface through two shaft systems; the Twin Shaft Complex (Main Shaft) and the South Shaft Complex. South Deep …
Read MoreName: Kloof mine. Location: The Kloof mine is located in the Far West Rand goldfields of the Witwatersrand basin, near Westonaria, in Gauteng, South Africa. Mine Owner/s: Sibanye-Stillwater. Brief ...
Read More2019. South Deep exceeds guidance and returns to profitability. Telephone: +27 11 411 1600. Address: South Deep Gold Mine, Old Vereeniging Road, Farm Modderfontein, Westonaria, 1780. South Deep Gold Mine is a Gold Fields operation in South Africa.
Read MoreLocation: Kloof is situated some 48 km west of Johannesburg at latitude 26 24 S and longitude 27 36 E, near Westonaria in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The mine is accessed via the N12 highway between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom. Geologically it is located in the West Wits Line Goldfield of the Witwatersrand Basin.
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