Location | |
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Location | Carletonville |
Province | Gauteng |
Country | South Africa |
Coordinates | 26°23′26.16″S 27°29′24″E / 26.3906000°S 27.49000°E |
Production | |
Products | gold, uranium |
Owner | |
Company | Sibanye-Stillwater |
Website | www.sibanyestillwater.com/our-business/southern-africa/gold/driefontein/overview |
Year of acquisition | 2002 |
The Driefontein mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in Gauteng. Driefontein is an important gold producer and represents one of the largest uranium reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 238 million tonnes of ore grading 0.0053% uranium.[1]