Northam Platinum Limited (Northam) is the only fully independent,
black-owned and controlled integrated platinum group metals (PGM)
producer listed on the JSE Limited (JSE). The company wholly owns and
operates the cash-generative 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, as well 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 Limited (Anglo
Platinum), the Bapo Ba Mogale community and Lonmin plc (Lonmin).
The company has a combined resource base of 130.72Moz (10.61Moz in
the reserve category), with more than 50 years’ life of mine. The
development of Booysendal could add some 162 000oz to the company’s
existing annual output of some 300 000oz. As an independent, fully
integrated PGM producer, Northam has full control over the entire
beneficiation stream of its metals from mine to market.