Brownfields, byproducts and tailings are South Africa’s biggest growth opportunity
Mining stakeholders ought to do more to capitalise on existing resources, such as available geological and mining data, Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart noted at the 2022 Council for Geoscience Summit, on Wednesday. He explained that he felt that brownfield exploration, based historical data supplemented by new research using newer technologies and methods, could result in South African explorers finding metals fast enough to meet current demand for critical metals.