Uranium Mine Ownership - South Africa 
Contents
Site Index
Beatrix ·
Beisa North ·
Beisa Reef ·
Beaufort West ·
Benoni ·
Blyvooruitzicht tailings project ·
Bonanza South ·
Buffelsfontein ·
Cooke Section ·
Cooke 4 ·
De Bron-Merriespruit South ·
Denny Dalton ·
Dominion ·
Driefontein ·
East Rand tailings project ·
Ezulwini ·
Freestate tailings (Harmony) ·
Great Noligwa ·
Hartebeestfontein ·
Henkries ·
Karoo ·
Klerksdorp tailings (Harmony) ·
Kloof ·
Kopanang ·
Kop Paydam tailings ·
Mangalisa ·
Mine Waste Solutions tailings ·
Mispah tailings ·
Moab Khotsong ·
Mooifontein ·
Mponeng ·
Old Randfontein Section ·
Palabora ·
Potchefstroom ·
Randfontein ·
Rietkuil ·
Ryst Kuil ·
South Deep ·
Southern Free State Goldfield ·
Springbok Flats ·
Stilfontein tailings project ·
Tau Tona ·
Vaal River area ·
Vaal River tailings ·
Waterval ·
Western Area ·
Western Rand JV ·
West Rand tailings project (Mintails) ·
West Rand tailings project (Sibanye Stillwater) ·
West Wits area ·
West Wits tailings
> See also Issues for:
New Mining Projects ·
Operating Mines ·
Decommissioning Projects ·
Legislation & Regulations
> See also Data for:
Old Mines and Decommissioning
> Explanation of Signs and Symbols
In South Africa, uranium is a by-product of gold mining.
> See also: Database Index: Uranium Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa
(African Development Information Services)
Historical uranium production to 1996
(395k PDF - Chamber of Mines)
Beatrix ·
Beisa Reef ·
Buffelsfontein ·
De Bron-Merriespruit South ·
Freestate surface tailings (Harmony) ·
Great Noligwa ·
Hartebeestfontein ·
Kopanang ·
Mangalisa ·
Moab Khotsong ·
Mooifontein ·
Southern Free State Goldfield ·
Vaal River area mines ·
Waterval
Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reservers
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
Buffelsfontein, underground
[ISSUES]
(uranium recovery shut down)
(mining halted after March 9, 2005, earthquake and restarted Nov. 2005)
(now incorporated in Moab Khotsong mine)
[ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
De Bron-Merriespruit South (DBM) project
> Download Technical Report Feb. 24, 2012 (3.2M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Aug. 5, 2011 (5.2M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Apr. 2011 (2.8M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report May 2, 2010 (5M PDF)
(SEDAR)
Hakkies, Bloemhoek, De Bron and Robijn projects
> Download Technical Report Oct. 20, 2009 (6M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report May 2009 (4.8M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report on the Scoping Study for the Bloemhoek Project, May 2008: Witsgold (2.9M PDF)
· SEDAR (4.5M PDF) 
> Download Technical Report Nov. 2007: Witsgold (4.5MB PDF)
· SEDAR (4.5MB PDF) 
Beisa North Project
> Download Technical Report June 30, 2009 (2.7M PDF)
(SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
> Aerial View: Google Maps
Size: 1,065 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.029% U
[ISSUES]
- Neo Energy Metals Ltd, London, UK
> Download Technical Report Dec. 19, 2011: Superior Mining Intl. Corp (4.2M PDF)
· SEDAR
Benoni tailings project ·
Blyvooruitzicht tailings ·
Cooke Section ·
Driefontein mine ·
East Rand (Ergo) tailings ·
Ezulwini ·
Kloof ·
Mponeng ·
Old Randfontein Section ·
Randfontein ·
South Deep ·
Western Area ·
West Wits area ·
West Wits surface tailings
Driefontein (in tailings)
> Aerial view Driefontein: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
Kloof (in tailings)
> Aerial view Kloof: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
South Deep (underground)
South Deep (in tailings)
> Aerial view South Deep: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
The uranium recovery plant of the mine was closed in 1998 for economic reasons.
Cooke surface dumps (in tailings)
Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reservers
> Download Technical Report July 2013: Gold One (2.4M PDF)
> Aerial view Cooke Tailings Dam: Google Maps
Cooke 1-3 underground
Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reservers
> Download Technical Report July 2013: Gold One (6.2M PDF)
[ISSUES]
Cooke 4 shaft (formerly Ezulwini project, Randfontein Four Shaft)
> Download Technical Report Aug. 2013: Gold One (3.1M PDF) 
> Download Technical Report (Preliminary Assessment) Jan. 6, 2009 (5.8M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report (Preliminary Assessment) Jun. 5, 2008 (2.7M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Nov. 8, 2006 (1.9M PDF)
· revised Dec. 5, 2006 (1.9M PDF)
· revised May 9, 2007 (2.7M PDF)
(SEDAR)
[ISSUES] ·
[OLD ISSUES] · [DECOMM. ISSUES]
Elsburg tailings dam complex (in tailings)
> Download Technical Report Aug. 11, 2008 (3.2M PDF)
(Mintails)
> Aerial view Elsburg Tailings Dam: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
Goldplat tailings storage facility (in slimes and footwall)
> Aerial view: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
Palabora ·
Springbok Flats
(uranium recovery shut down in August 2001)
[ISSUES]
Denny Dalton
Size: 9350 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.03% U
Henkries
[ISSUES]
Bonanza South ·
Dominion ·
Klerksdorp goldfield surface tailings (Harmony) ·
Kop Paydam tailings ·
Mispah tailings ·
Potchefstroom ·
Rietkuil ·
Mine Waste Solutions tailings ·
Western Rand Joint Venture ·
Mintails West Rand tailings ·
Sibanye Stillwater West Rand tailings ·
Stilfontein tailings reprocessing ·
Vaal River surface tailings
[ISSUES]
Mine Waste Solutions
(formerly Hartebeestfontein / Buffelsfontein tailings)
(currently only producing gold)
Buffelsfontein and Hartebeestfontein tailings dam
(Resources include Reserves!)
> Download Technical Report on the Mine Waste Solutions Tailings Recovery Project,
Jan. 1, 2010: SEDAR (5.9M PDF) 
> Download Technical Report on the Mine Waste Solutions Tailings Recovery Project March 31, 2008: First Uranium (5.7M PDF)
· SEDAR (5.7M PDF) 
> Download Buffelsfontein Technical Report Nov. 1, 2007 (Pre-Feasibility of the
Buffelsfontein Tailings Recovery Project): First Uranium (8.2M PDF)
· SEDAR (8.2M PDF) 
> Download Buffelsfontein Technical Report Nov. 8, 2006 (2.7M PDF)
· revised Dec. 5, 2006 (2.7M PDF)
· revised Jan. 31, 2007 (1.1M PDF)
· revised May 22, 2007 (4.6M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Buffelsfontein - Independent Audit Report, Jan. 18, 2006
(4.5MB PDF)
> Aerial view Hartebeestfontein / Buffelsfontein tailings dams: Google Maps
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
Size: 270 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.0076% U
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
Dominion deposit (Klerksdorp area) 
(uranium recovery shut down, currently producing gold only)
Dominion Upper Reef
Dominion Lower Reef
> Download Technical Report Nov. 10, 2014 (20MB PDF)
(Oakbay)
> Download Technical Report March 29, 2008 (5.5M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report March 2, 2007 (5M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Aug. 1, 2006 (3.8M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report June 14, 2006 (5M PDF)
(SEDAR)
> Download Technical Report Feb. 17, 2006 (7.7M PDF)
(SEDAR)
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
Rietkuil deposit (Klerksdorp area) 
Rietkuil Upper Reef
Rietkuil Lower Reef
> Download Technical Report Nov. 10, 2014 (20MB PDF)
(Oakbay)
> Download Technical Report Feb. 17, 2006 (7.7M PDF)
(SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
[ISSUES]
- 45% - Mintails Ltd
(through Mintails SA)
- 45% - DRDGold Ltd
- 10% - Mineral & Mining Reclamation Services (Pty) Ltd (MMRS)
Randfontein cluster (in tailings)
Soweto cluster (in tailings)
> Download
Technical Report Sep. 17, 2008 (3.3M PDF)
·
Technical Report Oct. 12, 2007 (PDF)
(Mintails)
> Aerial view West Rand tailings dams: Google Maps

> Aerial view West Wits pit: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
used to comprise Driefontein tailings, Kloof tailings, and Cooke tailings
[ISSUES]
> Download Technical Report Oct. 2009 (1.6MB SEDAR)
Beaufort West ·
Karoo ·
Ryst Kuil
Size: 23,000 tonnes U
Ore grade: 0.08% U
(now include Ryst Kuil Uranium Project [OLD ISSUES])
[ISSUES]
- 74% - Peninsula Energy Ltd
(through Tasman Pacific Minerals Limited)
- 26% - Lukisa Invest 100 (Pty) Ltd