As the prospects for South Africa’s minerals sector start to brighten, there was considerable mention of the Northern Cape’s potential at the recent Joburg Indaba mining conference.
According to Joseph Mainama, a principal mining engineer at SRK Consulting, "it was encouraging to hear a similar message from major mining companies and juniors alike – that there is still considerable scope for exploration and mineral development in the Northern Cape province."
Joseph noted that Mark Cutifani, chief executive officer at Anglo American, mentioned in his conference address that the Northern Cape was considered to be under-explored and that his company was interested in exploration opportunities for base metals like copper within South Africa and in the rest of Africa.
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