Ho ya ka tlaleho ya Bloomberg News ka la 24 Hlakola 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. e ntse e nahana ho eketsa botebo ba merafo ya ka tlasa lefatshe morafong o tebileng ka ho fetisisa wa kgauta lefatsheng, jwalo ka ha bahlahisi ba Afrika Borwa ba sibolotse, Ho se ho le thata le ho feta ho epa mehlodi ya oli e ntseng e fokotseha.
CEO oa Harmony, Peter Steenkamp, ​​o itse khamphani e ntse e ithuta ka ho epolloa ha merafo ea khauta Mponeng ho feta botebo ba hona joale ba lik'hilomithara tse 4, e leng se ka eketsang bophelo ba morafo ka lilemo tse 20 ho isa ho tse 30. O lumela hore mehloli ea tšepe e ka tlas'a botebo bona e "kholo", 'me Harmony e ntse e hlahloba mekhoa le matsete a hlokahalang ho nts'etsapele li-depositi tsena.
Khamphani ea Harmony Gold Mining ke e 'ngoe ea bahlahisi ba seng bakae ba khauta ba setseng Afrika Boroa ba ileng ba fumana phaello ka thepa e tsofetseng. E ne e tšehelitsoe ke African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., e leng lekala la bilioneire e ntšo Patrice Motsepe, selemong se fetileng. E rekile Morafo oa Khauta oa Mboneng le thepa ea oona ho tsoa ho AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ea e-ba mohlahisi e moholo ka ho fetisisa oa khauta Afrika Boroa.
Harmony e phatlalalitse ka Labobeli hore phaello ea eona karolong ea pele ea selemo e eketsehile ka makhetlo a fetang a mararo. Sepheo sa k'hamphani ke ho boloka tlhahiso ea selemo le selemo ea Morafo oa Khauta oa Mboneng ho li-ounces tse ka bang 250,000 (litone tse 7), e leng se ka thusang ho boloka tlhahiso eohle ea k'hamphani ho li-ounces tse ka bang limilione tse 1.6 (litone tse 45.36). Leha ho le joalo, ha botebo ba merafo bo ntse bo eketseha, kotsi ea liketsahalo tsa litšisinyeho tsa lefatše le lefu la basebetsi ba qabeletsoeng ka tlas'a lefatše le eona e ntse e eketseha. Khamphani e boletse hore pakeng tsa Phuptjane le Tšitoe selemong se fetileng, basebetsi ba tšeletseng ba bolailoe likotsing tsa merafo nakong ea ts'ebetso ea k'hamphani.
Moepo oa khauta oa boemo ba lefats'e oa Mboneng hajoale ke moepo o tebileng ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng, 'me hape ke o mong oa merafo ea khauta e meholo le e phahameng ka ho fetisisa. Moepo ona o fumaneha moeling o ka leboea-bophirima oa Witwatersrand Basin Profinseng e Leboea-bophirima ea Afrika Boroa. Ke depositi ea khauta-uranium ea khale ea mofuta oa Rand. Ho tloha ka Tšitoe 2019, mehloli ea oli e pakiloeng le e ka bang teng ea Moepo oa Khauta oa Mboneng e ka ba lithane tse limilione tse 36.19, sehlopha sa khauta ke 9.54g/t, 'me mehloli ea khauta e fumanehang e ka ba li-ounces tse limilione tse 11 (lithane tse 345); Moepo oa Khauta oa Mboneng ka 2019 Tlhahiso ea khauta ea li-ounces tse 224,000 (lithane tse 6.92).
Indasteri ea khauta ea Afrika Boroa e kile ea e-ba kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng, empa ka keketseho ea litšenyehelo tsa ho cheka merafo e tebileng ea khauta le keketseho ea mathata a jeoloji, indasteri ea khauta ea naha e fokotsehile. Ka bahlahisi ba bangata ba khauta ba kang Anglo Gold Mining Company le Gold Fields Ltd. ba fetolang tlhokomelo ea bona merafong e meng e ruisang molemo Afrika, Australia le Amerika, indasteri ea khauta ea Afrika Boroa e hlahisitse lithane tse 91 tsa khauta selemong se fetileng, 'me hajoale ke basebetsi ba 93,000 feela.