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Jul 8, 2013. Johannesburg, South Africa — 08 July 2013 – Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited (Wits Gold) has announced that it is the sole preferred bidder for the Burnstone gold mining operation near Balfour, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Burnstone is wholly owned by Southgold Exploration (Pty) …









JSE- and ADR-listed Sibanye-Stillwater acquired the Burnstone project from Wits Gold for R1 in 2015. Capital of R2.3-billion will be spent over 14 years on the Burnstone gold project in Mpumalanga, where two-million ounces of gold are to be mined over 21 years, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman told the BMO conference this week.

























Wits Gold had committed to provide a R950m loan for working capital and capital expenditure at Burnstone. Wits Gold's other projects, such as De Bron-Merriespruit (DBM), were also looking difficult to fund. DBM had a peak funding requirement of about R2.37bn. As of December 31, 2012, Wits Gold had cash and cash equivalents of R15m.




