Ergo Gold Mine Brakpan South Africa Drdgold To Start Production At Erg

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  • Ergo Our business DRDGOLD

    History: DRDGOLD acquires Ergo Ergo 1 was reestablished in 2007 as Ergo Mining Proprietary Limited – a joint venture between DRDGOLD and Mintails Limited The primary aim was to recover and treat – over a period of 12 years – some 186Mt of surface tailings contained in the Elsburg tailings complex and the 5L/29 dumpErgo > The process; The process There are two stages in the recovery of gold from surface tailings Surface recovery The retreatment business is highvolume and lowrisk Vast quantities of material are processed monthly through the plant in order to recover gold from old mine dumps at a recovery rate that varies depending on the material The process DRDGOLDOur network of assets is unrivalled in South Africa and, with our consolidated businesses operating as a single entity, is focused on optimising these assets in order to increase gold production At the end of FY2018, DRDGOLD provided jobs for 2 304 people, including 878 permanent employeesHome DRDGOLDErgo Mining, which is a 50/50 joint venture between DRDgold and Australian company Mintails, symbolises a comeback for tailings retreatment in South Africa When the original Ergo, one of AngloGold Ashanti’s five major divisions in South Africa at the time, shut down due to low gold prices, rising costs and diminishing reserves, it looked as if surface retreatment of old gold tailings in ERGO TO BE REBORN Miningreview29012021  DRDGOLD’s surface operations comprise the Ergo plant and associated TSFs located 70km east of Johannesburg near Benoni and Brakpan, the Crown operations situated on the outskirts of Johannesburg including City Deep (Germiston), Crown Mines (3Cs) and Knights areas and lastly the Far West Gold Recoveries on the West Rand of the Gauteng province in the vicinity of Randfontein, DRDGOLD SibanyeStillwater

  • Ergo: Mining South Africa’s wealth again drdgoldcoza

    Ergo profileErgo profile Established in 2007 • DRDGOLD/Mi t ilMintails JV t t tJV to start • now wholly owned by DRDGOLD • operated by Crown Key infrastructure • L29 t ili d (14 3Mt)L29 tailings dam (143Mt) • Elsburg tailings complex (1715Mt) • Brakpan plant – one CIL circuit (12Mtpm • second CIL plant – increase in capacity tDRDGold chief executive Niël Pretorius, said yesterday that production at the company’s Ergo mine in Brakpan, east of Joburg, fell 3 percent after being hard hit by the Eskom crisisDRDGold berates Eskom for production lossesThis is the Brakpan tailings deposition site which is part of DRDGold's Ergo gold recovery project called Ergo (ErgoGold) The quartzite rock is ground to fine sand and powder, deadly sodium cyanide is used to extract the gold, and the toxic waste sand is pumped to these great piles The "lake" in the middle can be hazardous for years after mining has stopped Reference for information: http Ergo Gold Project (Brakpan Tailings) WikimapiaBRAKPAN, South Africa (Reuters) – South African junior gold miner DRDGOLD plans to double gold processing capacity at its Ergo facility to 24 million tonnes per month by August 2011, a senior DRDGOLD to double Ergo gold processing Ergo Mining, which is a 50/50 joint venture between DRDgold and Australian company Mintails, symbolises a comeback for tailings retreatment in South Africa When the original Ergo, one of AngloGold Ashanti’s five major divisions in South Africa at the time, shut down due to low gold prices, rising costs and diminishing reserves, it looked as if surface retreatment of old gold tailings in ERGO TO BE REBORN Miningreview

  • DRDGold unveils R300m Ergo proposal

    DRDGold is to spend R300m gaining access to the Ergo mine dumps that will take total — SOUTH Africa’s junior gold miner DRDGOLD said on Tuesday a pipeline and plant expansion ($4202 million), will give Crown access to Ergo’s 200milliontonnecapacity tailings deposition site at Brakpan, raising its deposition capacity [miningmx] — DRDGOLD is focusing on gold production from the Ergo project near Springs, and has ruled out plans to expand into uranium because of current low prices for that commodity The company announced on Tuesday it would invest R300m to build a 50kmlong pipeline linking its Crown and City Deep surface operations to Ergo, and also to double treatment capacity at the Ergo plantErgo a winner for DRDGold Miningmx29012021  DRDGOLD’s surface operations comprise the Ergo plant and associated TSFs located 70km east of Johannesburg near Benoni and Brakpan, the Crown operations situated on the outskirts of Johannesburg including City Deep (Germiston), Crown Mines (3Cs) and Knights areas and lastly the Far West Gold Recoveries on the West Rand of the Gauteng province in the vicinity of Randfontein, DRDGOLD SibanyeStillwaterDRDGold chief executive Niël Pretorius, said yesterday that production at the company’s Ergo mine in Brakpan, east of Joburg, fell 3 percent after being hard hit by the Eskom crisisDRDGold berates Eskom for production lossesBRAKPAN, South Africa (Reuters) – South African junior gold miner DRDGOLD plans to double gold processing capacity at its Ergo facility to 24 million tonnes per month by August 2011, a senior DRDGOLD to double Ergo gold processing

  • DRDGold resumes operations News that

    JOHANNESBURG DRDGOLD has resumed operations at its Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) assets at reduced levels, in line with the decision DRDGOLD Limited CEO Niël Pretorius told stakeholders on Wednesday that the gold producer has resumed work at its Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operations, even if at reduced levels Pretorius said that at Ergo, 34% of staff, working a twoshift cycle with a third on standby, is back at work and reclaiming material from four highvolume sitesDRDGOLD resumes work at reduced levels at its Johannesburg DRDGold recorded a 4% increase in quarteronquarter gold production for the quarter ended 31 March to 1 187kg, in spite a 7% decrease in throughput to 5 896 000 tonsDRDGold boosts Q1 production News that DRDGold’s Ergo joint venture Johannesburg, South Africa — — 09 February 2009 – DRDGold Limited – the fourthlargest gold producer in Africa – has reported a 65% increase in operating profit to R943 million, and a 30% rise in headline earnings per share to 136 South African cents for the quarter ended 31 December 2008 DRDGold profits up MiningreviewDRDGold is to spend R300m gaining access to the Ergo mine dumps that will take total — SOUTH Africa’s junior gold miner DRDGOLD said on Tuesday a pipeline and plant expansion ($4202 million), will give Crown access to Ergo’s 200milliontonnecapacity tailings deposition site at Brakpan, raising its deposition capacity DRDGold unveils R300m Ergo proposal

  • Ergo a winner for DRDGold Miningmx

    [miningmx] — DRDGOLD is focusing on gold production from the Ergo project near Springs, and has ruled out plans to expand into uranium because of current low prices for that commodity The company announced on Tuesday it would invest R300m to build a 50kmlong pipeline linking its Crown and City Deep surface operations to Ergo, and also to double treatment capacity at the Ergo plantDRDGOLD wanted to consolidate all surface tailings deposits in South Africa, but said future acquisitions would be measured against security of tenure in the country Currently, DRDGOLD processes gold tailings at its Ergo plant, east of Johannesburg, and the gold tailings near the West Rand facilities of SibanyeStillwater’s Kloof and Driefontein mines, known as Far West Gold Recoveries DRDGOLD lays out ambitions but capital plans DRDGOLD's flagship metallurgical plant, Ergo, some 31 miles east of Johannesburg in Brakpan, and the Knights plant in Germiston, together make up the world's biggest gold surface tailings DRDGOLD glitters with vast reserves in its flagship Ergo DRDGOLD is a highly unusual miner as it literally cleans up the environment by retreating old mine dumps and opening sterilized land for development It was one of the first South African companies to jettison traditional mining to focus on extracting gold from tailings, which are the byproducts left over from mining, like ore for exampleDRDGOLD glitters with vast reserves in its flagship JOHANNESBURG DRDGOLD has resumed operations at its Ergo and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) assets at reduced levels, in line with the decision DRDGold resumes operations News that

  • DRDGOLD Integrated Report 2012

    Ergo’s Brakpan processing plant 26 DRDGOLD Integrated Report 2012 Following the sale of our underground mine at Blyvoor, all our gold is now produced from recycled dump material Our three surface the largest systems of pipes and pumps in South Africa and movingThe success of Phase 1 of the twophase FWGR goldfromtailings project on the Far West Rand can partly be attributed to the knowledge and systems already implemented, tried and tested through challenging economic and operational conditions at Ergo – DRDGOLD’s East Rand tailings retreatment operation which was partly acquired in 2007 (and fully acquired in 2010) to treat gold tailings Far West Gold Recoveries solidifies DRDGold’s Ergo joint venture Johannesburg, South Africa — — 09 February 2009 – DRDGold Limited – the fourthlargest gold producer in Africa – has reported a 65% increase in operating profit to R943 million, and a 30% rise in headline earnings per share to 136 South African cents for the quarter ended 31 December 2008 DRDGold profits up MiningreviewSoutheast vertical shaft headgear at DRDGOLD’s ailing ERPM mine Johannesburg, South Africa — — 09 May 2008 – DRDGOLD Limited – a mediumsized gold producer with operations and exploration activities in South Africa – reported a 199% increase in cash operating profit to R1422 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2008, reflecting a 32% increase in the average Threefold profit increase for DRDGOLD

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