Northam trying out tunnelling first at rhodium-rich Eland mine development

Platinum group metals mining company Northam is preparing to deploy innovative tunnel boring technology at its Eland mine as part of a R93-million shared risk-and-reward contract with Master Drilling. Eland, on the southeastern limit of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, has a 19.3-million ounce rhodium-rich resource and developed surface infrastructure.