PLATINUM GROUP: Ivanhoe begins sinking 1,025-metre shaft at Platreef

July 14, 2016 by Canadian Mining Journal

SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines, headquartered in Vancouver, has begun sinking the first shaft at its Platreef PGM-copper-nickel project 280 km northeast of Johannesburg. The 7.25-metre diameter shaft will reach a finished depth of 1,025 metres in 2018. The shaft…