Ho latela tlaleho ea Bloomberg News ka la 24 Hlakola, 2021, Harmony Gold Mining Co. e ntse e nahana ka ho eketsa botebo ba merafo e ka tlas'a lefatše merafong e tebileng ka ho fetesisa ea khauta lefatšeng, joalo ka ha bahlahisi ba Afrika Boroa ba sibollotse, Ho se ho ntse ho le thata le ho feta ho rafa mehloli ea ore.
Mookameli oa Harmony Peter Steenkamp o itse k'hamphani e ntse e ithuta ka merafo ea khauta Mponeng ho feta botebo 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 ore e ka tlase ho botebo bona ke "e kholo", 'me Harmony e ntse e hlahloba mekhoa le matsete a hlokahalang ho hlahisa li-deposit tsena.
K'hamphani ea Merafo ea Khauta ea Harmony ke e 'ngoe ea bahlahisi ba seng bakae ba setseng ba khauta Afrika Boroa ba ileng ba hatella phaello ho tsoa matlotlong a khale.E ne e tšehelitsoe ke African Rainbow Minerals Ltd., e leng lekalana la ralimilione oa batho ba batšo Patrice Motsepe, selemong se fetileng.E rekile Morafo oa Khauta oa Mboneng le thepa ea ona ho tsoa ho AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ho ba moetsi e moholo oa khauta Afrika Boroa.
Harmony e phatlalalitse ka Labobeli hore phaello ea eona halofong 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 Moepo oa Khauta oa Mboneng e le li-ounces tse ka bang 250,000 (lithane tse 7), tse ka thusang ho boloka kakaretso ea tlhahiso ea k'hamphani e ka bang li-ounces tse limilione tse 1.6 (lithane tse 45.36).Leha ho le joalo, ha botebo ba merafo bo ntse bo eketseha, kotsi ea liketsahalo tsa tšisinyeho ea lefatše le lefu la basebetsi ba qabeletsoeng ka tlas'a lefatše le tsona lia eketseha.Khamphani e boletse hore lipakeng tsa Phuptjane le Ts'itoe ngoahola, ho ile ha hlokahala basebetsi ba tšeletseng likotsing tsa merafo nakong ea tšebetso ea k'hamphani eo.
Moepo wa gauta wa maemo a lefatshe wa Mboneng ga jaana ke moepo o o boteng go gaisa mo lefatsheng, mme gape ke mongwe wa meepo e megolo e bile e le ya maemo a a kwa godimodimo.Moepo o sebakeng sa leboya bophirimela ho Witwatersrand Basin Profinseng ya Leboya Bophirima Afrika Borwa.Ke mofuta oa Rand oa khale oa conglomerate khauta-uranium deposit.Ho tloha ka Tšitoe 2019, mehloli ea borale e netefalitsoeng le e ka bang teng ea Morafo oa Khauta oa Mboneng e ka ba lithane tse limilione tse 36.19, boemo ba khauta ke 9.54g/t, 'me mehloli ea khauta e teng e ka ba li-ounces tse limilione tse 11 (lithane tse 345);Morafo 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 merafo e tebileng ea merafo ea khauta le ho eketseha ha 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 fetotse maikutlo a bona merafong e meng e nang le chelete e ngata Afrika, Australia le Amerika, indasteri ea khauta ea Afrika Boroa e hlahisitse litone tse 91 tsa khauta selemong se fetileng, mme hajoale ke basebetsi ba 93,000 feela.