'I think we’ve solved Barberton’s criminal mining problem', says Pan African Resources CEO

Police have arrested six of the seven gold-theft syndicate leaders that have been plaguing Barberton gold mines, London Aim- and JSE-listed Pan African CEO Jan Nelson tells Mining Weekly. “Effectively, the Barberton syndicates have been broken....

Harmony says Tshepong food ban a short-term measure

Gold-major Harmony Gold would oppose the dispute that labour union Solidarity had lodged with the Chamber of Mines over the mining firm’s decision to ban workers from taking food underground at its Tshepong mine, in the Free State province....

Another illegal miner found dead in gold mine – Pan African

The body of another illegal miner had been found dead in the underground Sheba mine in Barberton belonging to the London AIM- and JSE-listed Pan African Resources. Barberton Mines GM Casper Strydom told Mining Weekly Online by phone from the mine...

SA courts now recognise illegal mining as organised crime

Since the first gold discovery on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the promise of gold has drawn fortune-seekers to the interior of South Africa. More recently, as individuals struggle to find legal employment, what is now being termed ‘criminal...

Illegal mining now recognised as organised crime by South African courts

Since the first glinting discovery on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the promise of gold has drawn fortune-seekers to the interior of South Africa. More recently, as individuals struggle to find legal employment, what is now being termed ‘criminal...

GOLDEN SECURITY

Increasing gold theft from South African mines is funding international terrorism and human trafficking and amounts to a global money-laundering operation of huge magnitude, Pan African Resources CEO Jan Nelson is seen saying on camera, after...

Rising SA gold theft funding 'terrorism, human trafficking' – Pan African

Increasing gold theft from South African mines was funding international terrorism and human trafficking and amounted to a global money-laundering operation of huge magnitude, Pan African Resources CEO Jan Nelson said on Tuesday. "Dirty money is...