De Bron-Merriespruit gold project, South Africa

The De Bron-Merriespruit underground mine is planned to become the next shallow gold mine to come into fruition in South Africa.

Wits Gold appoints COO

JSE-listed Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources (Wits Gold) appointed Bernard Wessels as COO from March 1, 2012, CEO Philip Kotze announced on Thursday. Bernard, a mining engineer, previously held a number of management positions in both the...

Wits Gold applies for Free State mining rights

JSE-listed Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources (Wits Gold) has applied for a right to mine gold, silver and uranium over its combined prospecting rights in the southern Free State goldfield, CEO Philip Kotze announced on Wednesday. The...

Resources Watch

This week: Eskom is still pursuing a mandatory savings ‘safety net’. Pan African Resources and Wits Gold bid R1.7-billion for Harmony’s Evander mine. And, platinum junior Sable Platinum explores new opportunities along the Bushveld Complex.

Pan African, Wits Gold bid R1.7bn for Harmony’s Evander

JSE-listed Pan African Resources and Wits Gold have entered into an agreement with Harmony to acquire 100% of the Evander gold mine.

Company Announcement: Wits Gold Announces Increase In Indicated Resources Of Gold And Uranium At Their Shallow Dbm Project

Wits Gold is pleased to announce a revised resource model for the De Bron-Merriespruit (DBM) Project in the southern Free State goldfield, South Africa, following the completion of an 
11-hole (12,000 meters) drilling programme. The results of...

Wits Gold hikes DBM gold and uranium resources

JSE-listed Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources (Wits Gold) has released a revised mineral resource model for the De Bron-Merriespruit (DBM) project, located in the Southern Free State goldfield. This follows the completion of an 11-hole...

Company Announcement: Wits Gold repositions business strategy; targets gold production / 16

Witwatersrand Consolidated Gold Resources Limited is pleased to announce the release of its unaudited financial results for the six months ended 31 August 2011.

Wits Gold appoints consultant to complete prefeasibility study into Free State gold project

South African explorer and developer Wits Gold has appointed consulting engineers Turgis Consulting to complete a prefeasibility study on the company’s advanced De Bron-Merriespruit (DBM) project, in the southern Free State goldfield.

Wits Gold’s DBM project moves into prefeasibility study

Explorer and developer Wits Gold has appointed Turgis Consulting to complete a prefeasibility study over the De Bron-Merriespruit South (DBM) project in the southern Free State goldfield. CEO Philip Kotze said that Wits Gold remained on track to...

Ex-Anooraq chief succeeds Watchorn at Wits Gold

Philip Kotze, the former CEO of Anooraq Resources, is taking over as the CEO of explorer and developer Wits Gold, succeeding Dr Marc Watchorn. Watchorn is stepping down after nine years with JSE- and TSX-listed Wits Gold to pursue his own...

Motaung replaces Kotze as Anooraq CEO

TSX- and JSE-listed platinum company Anooraq Resources on Wednesday said that Harold Motaung would replace Philip Kotze as CEO. Motaung had been serving as executive director of Anooraq since 2004 and previously held the position of deputy Chief...