Shaft 1 at Ivanplats’ Platreef project, near Mokopane ,in South Africa, has reached a depth of 850 m below the surface and work has begun on the 850 m station – the second of three horizontal mining access stations planned for the shaft that is currently under construction.
The first mining access station has been constructed at the 750 m level, following earlier development of a water pumping station at the 450 m level.