WATCH: How mining exploration has declined since 2004

Business Day TV speaks to Grant Mitchell, head of the junior and emerging miners desk at the Minerals Council SA, and John Paul Hunt, principal exploration geologist at mining consultancy SRK

March 23, 2023 at 4:52 pm

What is SA doing to derisk investment, particularly exploration, the oxygen of the mining sector, asks the author. Picture: SEONG-JOON CHO

Back in 2018 Gwede Mantashe was appointed SA’s mineral resources & energy minister. Fast-forward to 2019 when he made grand promises to the mining sector. But he’s failed to deliver, including on exploration targets. Business Day TV spoke to Grant Mitchell, head of the junior and emerging miners desk at the Minerals Council SA, and John Paul Hunt, principal exploration geologist at mining consultancy SRK, for their assessment of the lack of delivery.

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