Dennis Bristow

Part of Simmer & Jack Pty Ltd., Buffelsfontein Gold Mining Ltd. is a South African company that engages in gold mining activities. The private company is based in Stilfontein, South Africa. Buffelsfontein Gold Mining was acquired by Simmer & Jack Pty Ltd. from DRDGOLD Ltd. on October 31, 2005 for $7.18 million.

Barrick Gold Holdings Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of gold deposits. Its projects include the following: Donlin Gold, Norte Abierto, Pascua-Lama, and Massawa.The company was founded on August 4, 1995 and is headquartered in St. Helier, the United Kingdom.

African Platinum Plc explores and mines metal ores. The company provides its services to molopo farms in Kalhari Desert, Southern Botswana. African Platinum was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in London, UK.

Part of Resolute Mining Ltd., Société des Mines de Syama SA is a gold exploration and mining company based in Bamako, Mali. The Malian company explores and mines for gold.

Part of Labyrinth Resources Ltd., Durban Roodepoort Deep Pty Ltd. engages in the exploration of gold and uranium. The private company is based in Randburg, South Africa.

Blyvoor, which mined its first ore in 1942, is situated on the north-western edge of South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin, to the south of the town of Carletonville and 70km south-west of Johannesburg, in North West Province. The mine has both underground mining and surface tailings retreatment operations and a carbon-in-leach gold plant with the capacity to treat some 400 000tpm. Blyvoor has two main gold-bearing horizons: the Carbon Leader Reef (CLR), which is one of the principal orebodies of the Carletonville goldfield; and the Main Reef, which is some 75m above the CLR horizon. The reefs vary in thickness from 5cm to 20cm. Recently there has been a shift in focus to mining the Main Reef for greater flexibility. Although not as consistent in grade, the Main Reef is less seismically active, offers greater potential for higher volumes and maintained real cost, and can be accessed through development of the mine’s existing infrastructure. Ore is mined from three underground shaft systems using the traditional narrow-reef, drill, blast and scape methods. Gold recovered from surface tailings retreatment accounts for approximately 27% of Blyvoor’s total production. While Blyvoor's life of mine is projected until 2030, its resource is widespread and production could extend for many years beyond this, depending on gold price and exchange rate performance.