Thembelani Mining Unit

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This is the Thembelani Platinum Mining Unit (Shaft Zone) and it is part of the Rustenburg Operations of Sibanye-Stillwater; who purchased the assets from Anglo American in September 2015 in a R4.5bn ($330m) deal. Anglo American previously had long ownership of the mine as part of its Rustenburg Mines before restructuring and selling the entire loss making Division. Before the sale and after Sibanye restructured by closing both Khomanani shafts are reclassifying the mine unit as Thembelani; Khomanani was a separate unit in the Anglo Operations.

The mine has 4 shafts, the Thembelani 1 shaft which was formerly known as Paardekraal No 1 Shaft, the Thembelani 2 shaft which was formerly known as Paardekraal No 2 Shaft, Khomanani 2 shaft which was formerly known as Frank No 2 shaft, and Khomanani 1 shaft which was formerly known as Frank No 1 shaft. The shafts were renamed when Anglo still owned the operations.

In the current operations Thembelani 2 and both Khomanani shafts are shut down and only Thembelani 1 is operational with the lowest working level being approximately 953m below surface, mining both the Merensky and UG2 reefs.