GOLD
Government, trade unions and traditional leadership have heaped praise on South African precious metals miner Pan African Resources for the development of its R1.7-billion Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant (TRP) project, located at the company’s Evander gold mine, in Mpumalanga. Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony on Friday, Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said that the project came at a critical juncture, as his department had recently faced the serious challenge of mass retrenchments, owing to the restructuring and mothballing of operations – a result of the current depressed economic climate. Mokoena said that Pan African’s fortitude to persevere with the project and bring it to realisation despite these challenges was “highly praiseworthy” and stood as an example to the rest of the industry of what could be achieved.
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