South Deep is one of the major sponsors of the Wits Universitys School of Mining. Its current 3year, R8m sponsorship is focused on supporting final year, Honours and Masters students as well as the schools staff in funding mechanised mining related research. The research work should benefit the mine in that it provides learnings for the mines current or future operational and other
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South Deep Gold Mine is an intermediate to deep level gold mine comprising two shaft systems that mine various auriferous conglomerates from open ground and pillars that occur at depths between 1,575 m and 3,500 m below surface. The shaft systems comprise the older South Shaft complex with its main shaft and two sub vertical shafts, and the newer flagship complex, known as Twin Shafts. Ore is
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In 2010, Gold Fields set up two independent though interconnected trusts through which to disburse resources and support the communities in the various municipal wards neighbouring the South Deep operation, as well as those from laboursending areas. The trusts are part of South Deeps Black Economic Empowerment ownership structure and receive annual dividend income from the mine.
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South Deep Gold Mine. Old Vereeniging Road Farm Modderfontein Westonaria, 1780 Tel: +27 11 411 1000 Fax: +27 11 411 1521
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About South Deep. South Deep Gold Mine is a worldclass bulk mechanised mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Westonaria 50km southwest of Johannesburg, South Africas commercial capital. The mine has been built to extract one of the largest known gold deposits in the world and boasts a mineral reserve of 38 million ounces. This is equivalent to almost 100,000 gold
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The North of Wrench area, which is directly south and downdip of the Current Mine, is accessed from Twin shaft. The wrench refers to the wrench fault, a geological feature that splits the orebody and does not contain gold. This mining area comprises six corridors separated by regional pillars. This area is mined using horizontal mechanised destress and longhole stoping methods and is
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Mining method : South Deep is an underground mine, using an owner mining workforce. Operations are accessed through development and a 5.5m high destress cut to manage rock stress and seismic activity. A number of selective mining methods, including drifts and benches, are employed but longhole stoping with paste fill is the primary bulk mining method. Significant focus has been on frontline
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South Deep gold mine geology, reserves and resources. The South Deep mine is located in the Far West Rand Goldfields and forms a part of the Witwatersrand Basin. The mine deposits lie beneath the Karoo Supergroup, Chuniesoort Group, Pretoria Group, Klipriviersberg Group and the Central Rand Group. The Central Rand group comprises detrital sedimentary rocks filled with quartzpebble
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