Fresh from building seven superb gold plants in Africa, mining project company DRA is excited about new gold-project opportunities opening up in South Africa, where its sees much potential in gold tailings retreatment and in underground gold deposits that are still rated in the pennyweights-per-ton measure of the pioneering past. The development of tailings dams owned by entrepreneurs is being spurred on by an improved gold price in both dollars and rands. “On surface, there are huge opportunities,” says DRA global executive process Glenn Bezuidenhout, who adds that shaking the dust off pennyweight plans could also unearth gold treasure – as Mining Weekly Online can report is already manifesting itself in Australia.
