Mine excursion
to understand the challenges faced
by junior minors. Lessening the
challenges faced by junior miners
and by being more representative of
their interests would be beneficial in
the greater interest of sectoral and
economic development.
“While public sector support is crucial
to the development of junior minors,
we cannot ignore that we need to be
constantly innovative. From a Makole
Group perspective, our approach
is two-pronged: maintaining and
growing our South African operations,
integral to which is diversifying our
mineral resources assets and revenue
streams, such as export opportunities,
so that volatility and macroeconomic
risks to the growth of the mining
business is minimised,” Mareda
concludes. b