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> 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)
| Dec. 31, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 3,288 t U | 7,051 t U | 35 t U | ||
| Ore grade: | 0.092% U | 0.091% U | 0.093% U | ||
[ISSUES]
| Driefontein (in tailings) Dec. 31, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 8,587 t U | 8,587 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0054% U | 0.0054% U | |||
> Aerial view Driefontein: Google Maps 
[ISSUES]
| Kloof (in tailings) Dec. 31, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 8,489 t U | 8,489 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0032% U | 0.0032% U | |||
> Aerial view Kloof: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
| South Deep (underground) June 30, 2009 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 4,455 t U | ||||
| Ore grade: | 0.0062% U | ||||
| South Deep (in tailings) June 30, 2009 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 3,356 t U | ||||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0063% U | ||||
> Aerial view South Deep: Google Maps
[ISSUES]
| Buffelsfontein underground, 30 June 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 2,610 t U | 2,144 t U | 5,007 t U | ||
| Ore grade: | 0.019% U | 0.024% U | 0.036% U | ||
(uranium recovery shut down)
(mining halted after March 9, 2005, earthquake and restarted Nov. 2005)
| Buffelsfontein and Hartebeestfontein tailings dams, Dec. 31, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 6,131 t U | 11,774 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0059% U | 0.0068% U | |||
> 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]
| Dec. 31, 2018 (in tailings) | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 16,074 t U | 3,822 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0076% U | 0.0073% U | |||
> Aerial view Cooke Tailings Dam: Google Maps
Cooke 1-3 underground
| Dec. 31, 2016 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | |||||
| Ore grade: | |||||
> Download Technical Report July 2013: Gold One (6.2M PDF)
Cooke 4 shaft (formerly Ezulwini project, Randfontein Four Shaft)
| Dec. 31, 2016 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | |||||
| Ore grade: | |||||
> 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]
| April 2010 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 81,923 t U | ||||
| Ore grade: | 0.042% U | ||||
[ISSUES]
(through HolGoun Uranium & Power)
| Dec. 31, 2017 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 314 t U | 287 t U | 3,325 t U | 411 t U | |
| Ore grade: | 0.029% U | 0.028% U | 0.057% U | 0.042% U | |
| June 30, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 742 t U | 882 t U | 12,727 t U | 5,156 t U | |
| Ore grade: | 0.030% U | 0.034% U | 0.057% U | 0.054% U | |
| Dec. 31, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 21,563 t U | ||||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0068% U | ||||
| Jun. 30, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 1,191 t U | 7,439 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.011% U | 0.010% U | |||
| Jun. 30, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 15,162 t U | ||||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0085% U | ||||
| Dec. 31, 2018 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 8,697 t U | 2,000 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.026% U | 0.025% U | |||
| Dec. 31, 2017 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proved | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 3,111 t U | 42 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0051% U | 0.0051% U | |||
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
| Sep. 30, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Dominion Upper Reef | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size: | 9,180 t U | 8,816 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.032% U | 0.033% U | |||
| Dominion Lower Reef | |||||
| Size: | 5,823 t U | 414 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.036% U | 0.040% U | |||
(Oakbay) (SEDAR) (SEDAR) (SEDAR) (SEDAR) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES] · [OLD ISSUES]
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
| Sep. 30, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Rietkuil Upper Reef | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size: | 25,439 t U | 17,070 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.041% U | 0.036% U | |||
| Rietkuil Lower Reef | |||||
| Size: | 3,832 t U | 5,170 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.034% U | 0.033% U | |||
(Oakbay) (SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
Shiva Uranium Pty Ltd
(through Mintails SA)
| Mar. 15, 2010 (in tailings) | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 1700 t U | 1985 t U | 1812 t U | ||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0050% U | 0.0067% U | 0.0046% U | ||
| Mar. 15, 2010 (in tailings) | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 1954 t U | 2222 t U | |||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0037% U | 0.0029% U | |||
·
Technical Report Oct. 12, 2007 (PDF) (Mintails)
> Aerial view West Rand tailings dams: Google Maps
> Aerial view West Wits pit: Google Maps
(through Mogale Gold)
[ISSUES]
| Oct. 8, 2008 (in tailings) | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 5,725 t U | ||||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0033% U | ||||
> Download Technical Report Aug. 11, 2008 (3.2M PDF) (Mintails)
> Aerial view Elsburg Tailings Dam: Google Maps
| Jan. 17, 2016 (in slimes and footwall) | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 45 t U | 25 t U | 4 t U | ||
| "Ore" grade: | 0.0052% U | 0.0051% U | 0.0061% U | ||
> Aerial view: Google Maps
| Oct. 2009 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 62,808 t U | ||||
| Ore grade: | 0.025% U | ||||
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | |||||
| Ore grade: | |||||
(SEDAR) (SEDAR) (SEDAR) (SEDAR)
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | |||||
| Ore grade: | |||||
(SEDAR) (SEDAR)· SEDAR (4.5M PDF) · SEDAR (4.5MB PDF) | Dec. 31, 2017 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | |||||
| Ore grade: | |||||
(SEDAR)
[ISSUES]
[ISSUES]
(through El Nino Mining (Pty) Ltd, and Paddy's Pad 1183 (Pty) Ltd.)
| Feb. 2008 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 157 t U | 120 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.030% U | 0.030% U | |||
| June 30, 2009 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 350 t U | 792 t U | 588 t U | ||
| Ore grade: | 0.052% U | 0.039% U | 0.025% U | ||
[ISSUES]
Namakwa Uranium (Proprietary) Limited
| Mar. 12, 2014 | Reserves | Resources | |||
| proven | probable | measured | indicated | inferred | |
| Size: | 8,423 t U | 13,462 t U | |||
| Ore grade: | 0.11% U | 0.088% U | |||
[ISSUES]
(through Tasman Pacific Minerals Limited)
· SEDAR
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