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Discovery of the Gold in 1884 | South African History Online

On 14 September 1886, the first large mining company on the Reef, the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company, was formed with a total nominal capital of £3,063,000. The first crushing battery, consisting of five stamps, had been erected on the Reef in 1885 to service the Struben's excavations on the lower West Rand reef, but this was a small ...

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Theta obtains environmental permits for TGME underground gold …

Australia-based gold mining company Theta Gold Mines has secured environmental licences for Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TGME) underground gold project in South Africa. South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) has issued the Atmospheric Emissions Licence, allowing Theta to operate the gold processing plant.

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Top 10 Remarkable Facts about Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga

The Pilgrim's Rest properties are part of the Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (T.G.M.E. ), which later sold them to Rand Mines. This was altered in 1971 when Thomas Barlow and the Rand Mines combined to become the Barlow Rand Company. They administered the hamlet of Pilgrim's Rest for a while then sold it to the Transvaal Provincial ...

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The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal

It was rumour of pre-colonial gold workings that lured 19th century prospectors into the interior of southern Africa. So this memoir really tells of the first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal – an event that ultimately led to the metal becoming the backbone of the South African economy for the next century and a half.

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Theta Gold Mines

In July 2022, Theta released its very first definitive Feasibility Study to mine the initial 1.26 Moz gold (@5.95g/t mined grade) over 12.9 years life of mine, delivering a stunning NPV(10%) of …

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Mining at Transvaal Gold Mining Estates, Limited 1872-1967

Gold was discovered in the Pilgrim's Rest-Sabie district, Eastern Transvaal in 1872 and mines have been in continuous operation since that time, with Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Limited …

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Global Business Reports

Theta Gold Mines is an ASX-listed company with a large tenement of 160 km long x 30 km wide on the Eastern Transvaal Gold Fields region in South Africa. In total, we control 43 historical gold mines, six of which have a JORC resource. Our project is called Transvaal Gold Mining Este (TGME), it is underground, and contains to date 6 million oz ...

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Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Limited

The TGME Project portfolio has more than 43 historical mines across the large tenement area of 62,000 hectares. In addition to the 6 Moz in resources, the …

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Transvaal Gold Mine

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Cornish Miners and the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in South …

the South of African Republic (Transvaal), and the Orange Free State. Due to its economic ... It was not long after gold was discovered in 1886 that the mines became consolidated in

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TRANSVAAL GOLD MINING ESTATES LTD

Find company research, competitor information, contact details & financial data for TRANSVAAL GOLD MINING ESTATES LTD of SABIE, MPUMALANGA. Get the latest business insights from Dun & Bradstreet.

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Empire and High Finance: South Africa and the International Gold

2 On British and European capital investment in the Transvaal gold mining industry, see Van-Helten, J. J., 'British and European economic investment in the Transvaal with specific reference to the Witwatersrand gold fields and district, 1886–1910' (Ph.D. thesis, University of London, 1981), chs. 1, 3 and 8 Google Scholar; Kubicek, R. V ...

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Eersteling Monument, Polokwane | South African History Online

In the meantime, Button sent samples of the quartz to London, where the first sample assayed at a respectable 2.5 g/kg. Such was his confidence in the economic potential of the reef that he bought Eersteling for the ludicrously low price of £50 and then went to London to float the Transvaal Gold Mining Company (TGMC) and buy mining and crushing equipment for …

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Project Page

Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Limited (TGME), a subsidiary of Theta Gold Mines Limited, is the holder of a mining right, with reference number MP30/5/1/2/2/83MR (83 MR), granted in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002) (MPRDA) over various properties in the Pilgrims Rest area. ...

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Rose Deep Gold Mine, Germiston, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan

View of the Rose Deep Gold Mine, in 1904. Rose Deep Gold Mine, Germiston, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. ... ⭔ Transvaal Province; Witwatersrand goldfield Mining Region; This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat. This does not claim to be a complete list.

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Mining at Transvaal Gold Mining Estates, Limited 1872-1967

Gold was discovered in the Pilgrim�s Rest-Sabie district, Eastern Transvaal in 1872 and mines have been in continuous operation since that time, with Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Limited playing a leading role. This paper presents a historical review of this Company and of mining in …

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TGME Underground Project

(See Mineral Resources) The team achieved a conversion factor of 63% from resource to mining reserve in those areas. A further 3.5M oz Au of inferred resources is available to be upgraded to the Measured and Indicated resource …

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Theta Gold Mines: Reawakening a gold giant

Theta plans to redevelop more than 620 km2 of tenements within the Transvaal Gold System in South Africa that still contains gold-bearing ore. Skip to content BREAKING. Indaba drives collaboration for efficiency, sustainability ... Theta Gold Mines will then naturally progress into underground mining at its Rietfontein and Beta underground ...

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Other Key Projects

The Glynn's Lydenburg Mine operated over 55 years to 1958 and produced some 38 t of gold from 4.5 km strike and 500 m downdip underground workings on the Glynn's Reef. Oxidisation mineralisation was encountered near surface, …

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Yellow River to build Theta's TGME Gold Plant in …

Theta Gold Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yellow River (YRC), a Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) unit, for the construction of the first phase of its TGME project in …

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Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Limited (TGME) is planning to redevelop its existing Rietfontein Underground Mine, located approximately 5 km from Sabie in the Mpumalanga province. The Rietfontein Existing Underground Mine Redevelopment Project (the project) area extends over various farms, including Waterval 168 JT, Maliveld Vallei 192 JT ...

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THE GOLD MINES OF THE TRANSVAAL (1896)

Scarce first French edition of this important document about gold mining and Transvaal gold mines. With 11 folding plates and numerous tables, sketches, diagrams, illustrations, etc.

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General Geology

The Company dominates the Eastern Transvaal Gold Fields with a 620 km of tenement package covering 43 historical mines across nine (9) Mining Rights. A Mineral System Model (ore …

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Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TGME) Project

The Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TGME) Project targets to restart historical underground gold mines. The Theta Gold has completed a FS in July 2022 for the first four mines the Beta (including the Beta North, Beta Central and Beta South sections), Rietfontein, Frankfort and Clewer-Dukes Hill-Morgenzon (CDM) mines.

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Theta Gold brings pit mining to Eastern Transvaal – M i N M E T

The tenements are held by Transvaal Gold Mining Estate Ltd (TGME), South Africa's first incorporate gold mining company (1895). The regional project is known as TGME Project in honour of it historical roots and important to South African gold Industry. The Company plans to start production from the Theta Starter-pits within Mining Right 83.

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Yellow River to build Theta's TGME Gold Plant in …

Theta Gold Mines holds a 74% stake in the Transvaal Gold Mining Estate (TGME) project. Credit: NoName_13 from Pixabay. Theta Gold Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Yellow River (YRC), a …

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining: Johannesburg's early history is the story of gold. In 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, a South African prospector, recovered alluvial gold from the Jukskei River, north of what would become Johannesburg. The years that followed brought several modest strikes, but the Witwatersrand Main Reef eluded searchers until 1886, …

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Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TGME) Project

The Transvaal Gold Mining Estates (TGME) Project targets to restart historical underground gold mines. The Theta Gold has completed a FS in July 2022 for the first four mines the Beta …

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History

The history of the Pilgrim's Rest gold fields dates back to ancient times when unknown miners worked the quartz reefs for gold. Alec "Wheelbarrow" Patterson struck it rich in a small stream, later named Pilgrim's Creek. The news sparked off the biggest gold rush of the time and in January 1874 some 1,500 diggers were working about 4,000 claims in and around Pilgrim's …

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Theta Gold Project, Mpumalanga Province, South …

Theta gold project location, geology, and mineralization. The Theta gold project near Pilgrim's Rest is located approximately 370km from Johannesburg and 95km from Nelspruit. The project is located in the …

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