There is a “fantastic opportunity” for the South African base metals sector, given the Northern Cape’s mineralisation, the impending global copper supply deficit, the battery technology trends in the automotive and energy sectors and the improved and modernised exploration and mining techniques, Orion Minerals CEO and MD Errol Smart stated on Thursday evening. He was speaking at an African Mining Network event during a presentation dealing with Orion’s Prieska mine, titled ‘Developing a 21st Century South African Copper Zinc Mine’.
