Northam Platinum reports fatality at Zondereinde Mine

Northam Platinum has reported the unfortunate defeasibility study on quarry plantath of an employee in a fall of ground at the company’s Zondereinde mine in Limpopo province on Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at approximately 01H00.

The name of the deceased has been withheld until his next of kin have been informed.

No other employees sustained any injuries in the incident which occurred some 2 000 metres underground.

Work at the affected shaft has been suspended following a Section 54 order by the Department of Mineral Resources.

Northam Platinum is the only fully independent, black-owned and controlled integrated platinum group metals producer listed on the JSE.

The company wholly owns and operates the cash-generative and long-life Zondereinde platinum mine and metallurgical complex on the upper end of the western limb of the South African Bushveld Complex near the town of Thabazimbi, and is developing as the 103Moz-resource Booysendal platinum project, located near the town of Mashishing on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex.

In addition, the company holds a 7.5% interest in the Pandora joint venture, a PGM mining operation on the lower end of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex in partnership with Anglo Platinum, the Bapo Ba Mogale community and Lonmin.