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Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum has received board approval to conduct a feasibility study into the development of Sandsloot Underground at the well-endowed Mogalakwena...
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Fenix Resources has completed a private haul road connecting the project to existing infrastructure.
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