Petmin Limited EXTENSION TO EXISTING MINING LICENCE (8192H)
July 17 2012 - 3:12AM
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RNS Number : 8192H
Petmin Limited
17 July 2012
PETMIN LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration Number 1972/001062/06 Share Code JSE: PET & ISIN:
ZAE000076014 Share Code AIM: PTMN ("Petmin" or "the Company")
PETMIN SECURES EXTENSION TO EXISTING MINING LICENCE AT SOMKHELE
ANTHRACITE MINE
Petmin is pleased to announce that it has been granted a
twenty-year mining licence for an expansion to new mining areas at
its flagship Somkhele anthracite operation in northern
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The new licence is in addition to the existing twenty-year
licence covering existing reserves, and will facilitate the
expansion of operations by South Africa's biggest producer of
metallurgical anthracite. It secures reserves for the second
processing plant at Somkhele, which was commissioned early in 2012,
and is operating at full capacity.
The mining right granted on 5 July 2012 by the South African
Department of Mineral Resources ("DMR") gives Petmin consent to
mine the new mining areas of KwaQubuka and Luhlanga, which have a
combined size of 706 hectares.
Including the new areas, Somkhele has a twenty-year life of mine
at an opencast production capacity in excess of 1.2 million tonnes
per year of saleable anthracite.
"The new licence from the DMR consolidates Petmin's position as
South Africa's largest producer of metallurgical anthracite," said
Petmin chief executive Jan du Preez. "We expect to start producing
saleable product from the new mining areas within the next 12
months."
Petmin has prospecting rights covering a total of 22,000
hectares around Somkhele, of which about 10% is covered by existing
operations and the new mining areas. Mining licence applications
for the remaining areas will be submitted within 12 months.
Petmin has created more than 950 jobs at Somkhele since the mine
was commissioned from a brownfield site in 2007, with 80% of these
jobs having been filled by members of the local community. A
further 200 new permanent jobs may be created when mining
operations start at Luhlanga and KwaQubuka, with further temporary
jobs in construction and road works.
Somkhele produces metallurgical anthracite for export via
Richards Bay (55% of production in 2010/11) to iron ore pelletizing
and sintering markets mostly in Brazil, and for the South African
ferro-alloy industry (45% of production in 2010/11). Enquiries:
Petmin Jan du Preez (CEO) +27 11 706 1644
Media Jonathon Rees +27 76 185 1827
Sponsor and Corporate Advisor (JSE) River Group Andrew Lianos
+27 834 408 365
Nominated Adviser and Broker (AIM) Macquarie Capital (Europe)
Limited
Steve Baldwin +44 20 3037 2362
Nicholas Harland +44 20 3037 2369 River Group Johannesburg 17
July 2012
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