About us
Africa Lefica Mining Backgound
We have identified an opportunity to produce commercial grade chromite concentrate by processing the chromite rich Mining Dumps and Run off mine combined assortment in Sebilong Village Waterberg Area and Maologane area of the Pilanesberg Area. The opportunity entail working in collaboration with the local community leaders, community members and land stewards, to build and operate a chrome recovery plant that is essential in the area to take advantage of the chrome recovery in the Pilanesberg, Northern Region, specifically in the land identified in the Sebilong village.
The Site used to have an old chrome plant. Currently, there is no operating plant in the area that operate on a toll treatment or that the community has access to wash their historical dumps hence this necessitates one in the areas, proximately. This initiative leads to consolidated minerals processing operation accessible to the junior miners and the local communities, namely Africa Lefica Mining. The areas mentioned are dominated by junior mines from the local communities, who either sell or treat the chromite rich dumps to the privately owned chrome recovery plant owners, without much benefit to the back to the communities of the miners and the miners, due high transportation cost to the delivery the material to the treatment plant outside Rustenburg town, Moonooi Area, about 200 km away and high cost of toll treatment fees involved.
Our Mission
Our goals are to develop a mining and metallurgical business that is sustainable through chromite processing, chromite mining and chromite exploration from discovery phases through to operating entities, to benefit the communities that we operate with and our shareholders. In order to achieve our medium to long term goals, our new small operation, Africa Lefica Mining, will need to partner with potential investors to take each project up the value curve. Our consolidated operation has set a short term goal by trying to secure steady cash Inflow and positive balance sheet. Our consolidated operation have identified various opportunities as short term goals to reach their medium term goals, with the most obvious being the successful built, commissioning and operation of the chrome recovery plant to treat the chrome dumps and run off mine in the area through either toll treatment or preferably, partnership contracts as per Sebilong CPA and Africa Lefica has entered.
Our Approach in Developing Successful Projects
The business mandate regarding the entire project including the construction of a chrome recovery plant and mining operation is to take each phase of the project up the value curve. The value curve diagram depicts the sequential decision phases through the life cycle of a typical mining project with what we see as the different points of value. At each stage the business case of the project would be evaluated and if it proves to be positive with more potential and value to be added, the project would be taken further to the next phase. For example, if our consolidated operations complete a desktop study on either one of their prospective projects and the desktop study shows potential; our new operations will initiate the next stage of the project in the form of a feasibility study. Once the feasibility study shows potential the next stage will be initiated and so forth.
Years of experience, in this industry
Africa Lefica Mining with this plant has created an employment opportunity of thirty-two (32) full time employees in its first year of existence and increase with new developments and outsource other opportunities to the local communities, local business and service suppliers.
The employment job opportunities have been created in the challenged areas of South Africa. Recruitment has been given to the local village residents. This has aligned with the “wealth promoting employment and advancement of the social and economic welfare of all South Africans whilst ensuring economic growth and socio-economic development” and helps with the issues of transformation of Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA) and communities as per Act 2002 (Act No 28 of 2002) (MPRDA).
Our Operational Model
The Mining Dumps and the mined ROM on site have a significant amount of chrome which can economically be recovered. The recovery of the chrome requires a construction of the chrome recovery plant and plant feeding mobile equipment to successfully recover the chrome. The proposed Chrome Recovery Plant includes installation of the following equipment:
- Spiral washing Plant;
- Crushing and Scrubbing Plant (future requirement);
- Civil and Structural works;
- Concrete Pad Concentrate Stockpile storage facility, accessible for FEL loading;
- Piping and pumps and;
- Weighbridge; and
- Refurbishment of Office Blocks and Workshops that are existing
- Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separator
Our Dedicated Team
Thabo Thabane
Chief Exercutive Officer
Lerato Moreni
Chief Financial Officer
Piet Nortje
Chief Operating Officer