| Risk and valuation analysis of the South Deep Project |
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| Title(s) of the South Deep Project |
 | Gold Fields ltd
Owner: 76% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| Location of the South Deep Project |
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South Deep is situated in the Magisterial Districts of Westonaria and Vanderbijlpark (Gauteng Province), some 45km southwest of Johannesburg. It is accessed via the N12 provincial road between Westonaria and Vereeniging.
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| History of the South Deep Project |
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The discovery of the payable Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) and Upper Elsburg conglomerates
in the early 1950’s, in the southern part of the goldfi elds, led to the establishment of the Elsburg
Gold Mining Company Limited in 1965, which was later c more...
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| Geology of the South Deep Project |
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Exploiting auriferous palaeoplacers (reefs), i.e. the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) of the Venterspost Formation and conglomerates that comprise the Upper Elsburg Reefs of the Mondeor Formation. Mine type and depth: A large developing deep level gold mine (>2,000 metres below surface).
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| Production history |
| Metal | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2005 |
| GOLD (oz) | 265,000 | 175,000 | 232,100 | 163,000 | 461,119 |
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