African Lion Mining Fund III. After its successful predecessors, African Lion Mining Fund III is the third regional mining fund specialized in early stage equity for medium scale mineral resource companies throughout Africa, with particular emphasis on sub-Saharan countries. The fund targets investments in advanced exploration, feasibility and ...Web

According to the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), private equity funds in South Africa raised R30.8 billion in 2020, marking a 22% increase from the ...Web

Health and safety also plays a huge role in determining a mining project's risk profile. While Koth said he wouldn't go as far as saying Denham Capital would never fund an underground mining operation, he noted the injury and death rates of these types of mines do increase the investment's risk. "Obviously we take health and safety ...Web

Global Africa-wide. Corporate/M&A & Private Equity. This section relates to transactions involving different companies, corporate governance, corporate restructuring, shareholder issues. This broad category covers both public company and private equity (including venture capital) matters. The chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions ...Web

Investor Type Private Equity Firm. Location South Africa, Africa. CB Rank (Hub) 59,794. Number of Founders 44. Average Founded Date Apr 9, 2005. Percentage Acquired 2%. Percentage of Public Organizations 2%. Number of For-Profit Companies 50. Top Investor Types Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital, Venture Debt, Angel Group, Corporate ...Web

How South African Mining Can Address Climate Change Challenges. South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and carbon footprint, with roughly ZAR 264 billion annually in mining sales at risk from trade partners' carbon-reduction commitments and reduced local demand. The trade risk from carbon ...Web

The African continent is richly endowed with significant mineral, oil and gas resources, including large reserves of gold. As noted in the previous chapter, the continent is home to a large portion of the world's mineral wealth, including 42 per cent of the world's known gold reserves (Bush, 2008, p. 361).The continent's largest producer of gold, …Web

Founded in 1998, Resource Capital was a pioneer in the Toronto market for private mining equity. Over the years, RCF's funds have supported 113 mining companies and several mining-services companies involving projects located in 39 countries. RCF is currently investing its sixth fund with committed capital of more than $2 billion.Web

Mineral sales for March 2021 in South Africa reached a record ZAR 75 billion, with 41 percent of that generated by PGMs according to the latest data, while platinum supply for Zimbabwe in Q1 2021 showed 11 percent growth compared to the same period in 2020. Additionally, the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency reported that PGM exports …Web

Africa's Growing Graphite Mining Potential. Electric Vehicle (EV) sales have seen considerable growth in recent years, reaching 9.4% of global passenger vehicle penetration in 2021, and expected to triple by 2026. S&P Global Commodities Insights estimate EV sales to grow by a compounded growth rate of over 28% over this period.Web

In 2016, he launched a private equity firm, African Rainbow Capital, focused on investing in Africa. Motsepe also has a stake in Sanlam, a listed financial services firm, and is the president and ...Web

Mining & metals projects across Africa are benefiting from a sea change driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, acceleration of the energy transition and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Critical minerals and the mining sector more broadly have become part of energy security policies across developed markets. Industries buffeted by supply chain …Web

Theta Gold Mines Raises $1.1 Million From Private Placement 2022: MT Sprott Resource to Advance $70 Million on Theta's Gold Project in South Africa 2022: MT Theta Gold Mines Limited Reports Earnings Results …Web

S&P Market Intelligence estimates that Africa's exploration budget fell by 10% in 2020, representing a drop of US$111.2M from 2019. Exploration budgets for junior miners in particular declined by 7% (US$21.4M). Gold exploration still makes up most of Africa's budget at US$590M, but this is 4% (US$25.9M) lower than gold's exploration budget for ...Web

The Finance–Mining Nexus in South Africa: How Mining Companies Use the South African Equity Market to Speculate January 2015 Journal of Southern African Studies 41(1):9-28Web

The report finds that gold mining in South Africa is dominated by three companies – Harmony Gold, Sibanye-Stillwater and Gold Fields, which together account …Web

An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African Mining. Historically, the mining sector has contributed significantly to South Africa's economic growth and employment, supported by a rich natural endowment of mineral resources, including Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), gold, iron ore, and manganese. Currently, the mining …Web

A year ago, Appian began legal proceedings in a $1.2-billion claim against South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater after Sibanye pulled out of a deal to acquire the same two mines, citing a ...Web

Photo: Reuters. JOHANNESBURG—A gold mine partially collapsed in eastern South Africa on Friday, forcing dozens of miners to escape through emergency tunnels and other routes, the mine said. All ...Web

Analysis > Analysis and Strategy Mining Private Equity Anna Lyudvig April 25, 2015, midnight 544 Word count: 1496 Some of the lowest valuations in decades in the African mining sector are likely to …Web

Construction has begun on a facility which will make electrolyte for vanadium flow batteries in South Africa's Eastern Cape, by vertically-integrated vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals. Bushveld is one of three primary vanadium producers in the world, producing over 3,600 metric tonnes of the metal annually from its mines in South Africa …Web

The resultant lack of funding from traditional capital sources, such as equity investments and debt financing, has made it necessary for mining companies to access …Web

Mining Investment Opportunities in Africa. Brandon Irsigler, Partner, Dentons. Feb. 11, 2021, 9:17 p.m. 3608. Word count: 862. The largely untapped and unrealized potential that Africa is blessed with has been a magnet that has attracted and continues to attract mining investors to the continent. Choose ONE Magazine and TWO …Web

Learn more about Tembo Capital. Focusing on junior and mid-tier mining companies and assets. Tembo Capital is a private equity investment advisor focussing on junior and …Web

1. Apex Partners, Johannesburg 2. Capitalworks Investment Partners Pty Ltd., on 3. Ethos Private Equity, Illovo 4. Global Capital (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg 5. Old Mutual …Web

Note: Please see the full reference list of the ar cle, Kilambo, S.R., 2021, 'Black economic empowerment policy and the transfer of equity and mine assets to Black people in the South Africa' sWeb

A Q&A guide to private equity law in South Africa. Fundraising efforts have been inhibited by the liquidity constraints caused by the pandemic and the negative economic outlook in South Africa, coupled with the robust returns achieved by PE funds in developed markets in recent years.Web

"In South Africa, because of the indigenisation requirements under the Mining Charter, new financing methods have been developed in regard to the acquisition of such equity stakes through government institutions …Web

In South Africa, mining companies need to leverage the energy resources available to them to reduce their reliance on Eskom and their exposure to the associated rapidly escalating energy costs. They …Web

More than 90,000 people were employed in coal mines alone in 2020 in South Africa, which pledged to cut emissions by 2030 in an updated contribution to global efforts. ... a former private equity ...Web

California-based exploration firm KoBold Metals, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify battery metal deposits, is investing $150 million to develop a copper mine in ...Web

The merged company is based in Denver. Alacer owned an 80% interest in the large, expansion-stage Copler gold mine (Lidya Madencilik San. ve Tic. AS 20%) in Turkey, which began production in 2011 and has an estimated 32-year mine life. Mining deal activity to improve in 2021, driven by positive indicatorsWeb

THE prospect of growing riches in the mining sector was set to lure private equity predators, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report said yesterday, and companies such as SA's largest JSE-listed ...Web

10. Cortez gold mine, USA. 1. South Deep gold mine – 32.8 million ounces (Moz) South Deep gold mine is the largest gold mine in the world, by reserves. Located 45km south-west of Johannesburg in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa, South Deep is also the seventh deepest mine in the world, with a mine depth up to 2,998m below the …Web

An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African Mining. Historically, the mining sector has contributed significantly to South Africa's economic growth and employment, supported by a rich natural endowment of mineral resources, including …Web

AngloGold Ashanti has temporarily closed its Mponeng mine in South Africa after 164 workers tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection. The gold mine, which is known to be the deepest in the world, resumed operations last month after being closed in March under a nationwide lockdown. It had been operating at …Web

Industry News and Insights. Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE) is one of the leading private equity managers in South Africa, founded in 2000 to source, invest, manage, and exit private equity opportunities. We aim to deliver superior investment returns by building a diversified portfolio of private equity investments in medium- to large ...Web