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Site Feature: Rustenburg Chrome Mine

The contract at Rustenburg Chrome Mine (RCM) commenced 11 November 2021. The
Equipment:
onboarding was completed by 20 December 2021 and the first ore was produced in January
• 3 Excavators – 2022 as per schedule. The operations of Zizwe include the stripping of topsoil, Drilling and
production and 2 Blasting of Waste and Chrome Ore, removal of waste and chrome ore, and the sizing of
excavators sweeping chrome ore.

• 6 40T ADT’s
Other than the usual start-up challenges, this specific terrain also posed geological
• 4 65T RDT’s challenges while mining close to the dyke. RCM is located in the Kroondal Area, East of

Rustenburg and owned by Clover Alloys.
• 2 Dozers

• 1 Grader The orebody The client relies on Zizwe to provide the expertise for the Opencast operation and the
consists of: relationship is built on a mutually beneficial partnership. The focus areas for RCM entails to
Mg3, Mg2, Mg1, safely mine 650 kT of ore, at an acceptable profit margin to the shareholders.
Lg7, Lg6a, Lg6
and Lg5 The team is filled with energy and knowledge, who can deliver results from any
circumstance.

“Management cultivated an open-door policy since the very start of the contract, being a
fairly new site – it is surely something of note that the team already engage very well with
management,” testifies Ntombekhaya Nyakatyhai, HR Officer.

The mine is situated +/- 10km
East from Kroondal.
Through teamwork and working safely, we strive to satisfy our client by delivering on our
RCM Opencast area to mine is R commitments. We also strive to care and respect for our fellow employees and the
approximately 1.8km long
environment while delivering on our commitment.
Mining started from the 200 000m3 is
Eastern side of the Pit and - Christoff van der Westhuizen, Director
planned per
progressed to the West.
month with 55 000
The reason for this is to
establish the void for the client tonnes of reef.
A dyke structure is situated on the East to start the new portals to
access the new underground
side of the mine
mine
The dyke causes the area in proximity to
the dyke to be disturbed and results in
selective mining which is time
consuming.

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