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Tshipi é Nlte<br />
At a glance<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
• Based in the Kalahari Manganese Field, Tshipi Borwa is a shallow open-cast mine<br />
located on a large and homogenous ore body<br />
RESOURCE BASE<br />
• Total estimated manganese resource of c.418 million tonnes as of 31 December 2016<br />
OWNERSHIP<br />
PRODUCTION<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
AND INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
• 50.1% by Main Street 774 and 49.9% by Jupiter Kalahari S.A.<br />
• Ntsimbintle, a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) consortium with<br />
signi cant experience in the industry, is the majority shareholder of Main Street 774<br />
• Estimated to be one of the ve largest manganese exporters globally and the largest<br />
single manganese mine in South Africa<br />
• Expects to increase production for FY 2018 to in excess of 3 million tonnes per yearsupported<br />
by current run-rate production<br />
• Operations are simple drill-and-blast and load-and-haul mining<br />
• Tshipi’s infrastructure has a signi cant competitive advantage with an 8km<br />
private rail siding loop, fast load-out station, and a large Transnet rail allocation<br />
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