Modern Mining August 2025

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Kumba Iron Ore: senior leadership change The board of Kumba Iron Ore has announced a leadership transition as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Bothwell Mazarura will be stepping down from his role to pursue other interests. Xolani Mbambo, currently CEO of Grindrod, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director from 01 January 2026 and will serve on the Social, Ethics and Transformation Committee and the Strategy and Investment Committee. Mbambo brings over 20 years of experience in mining, logistics, and finance, having held senior leadership roles at Grindrod and previously at Anglo American. n

Xolani Mbambo will assume the role CFO and Executive Director from 01 January 2026.

Andrada secures high-grade tin feedstock AIM-listed Andrada Mining, a critical minerals producer with mining and exploration assets in Namibia, has secured additional supply from a tin ore body at Goantagab near the Uis mine and processing facility. The ore body located in Goantagab in the Kunene Region of Namibia was extensively drilled by Gold Fields Namibia in the 1980s confirming, at the time, a non-JORC compliant resource with tin grades of greater than 1%. The relatively high historic tin grades position this deposit as a potential source of high-margin feedstock that is expected to materially enhance throughput at Uis. To unlock this value, Andrada has finalised an Ore Supply and Profit Share Agreement between its wholly owned subsidiary Uis Tin Mining Company (UTMC) and Goantagab Mining, which acts as agent for the relevant mining claim owners. Simultaneously, UTMC has entered into a Management Agreement with Birca Mining Namibia, the parent company of Goantagab Mining as an independent contractor to operate the recently announced additional jig plant at Uis. The accelerated commissioning of the plant combined with high grade feedstock from Goantagab will enable rapid production ramp-up. Anthony Viljoen, CEO, commented: “It is encouraging to see tin increasingly acknowledged as a critical mineral by global economies such as the USA, Canada and the UK. This shift reflects tin’s transformation from being a traditional alloying mineral to being a key enabler in the electrical and energy transition value chains, particularly in soldering, semiconductors and renewable infrastructure. Therefore, this collaboration with Birca on the Goantagab deposit reaffirms our strategy in creating a mining district for critical minerals in the Erongo.” n

Côté Gold achieves nameplate throughput.

Côté Gold achieves nameplate throughput Gold producer, IAMGOLD has announced that the Côté Gold Mine reached a major milestone as the processing plant operated at the nameplate capacity of 36 000 tpd on average over thirty consecutive days. “I would like to congratulate our Côté Gold teams, who demonstrated remarkable determination and commitment to bring Côté Gold online and advance it to nameplate throughput rate within 15 months,” said Renaud Adams, CEO of IAMGOLD. “To bring a gold project from first gold to the design nameplate rate within this timeframe, while ensuring a safe workplace for all, exemplifies the commitment to excellence and accountability that is at the core of IAMGOLD today. This milestone was made possible as momentum built from March, in which the Côté processing plant achieved an average monthly throughput rate of 90% of nameplate and then reached 96% over a 30-day period in April. The achievement confirms our confidence in the Côté Gold production guidance of 360,000 to 400,000 ounces on a 100% basis, with costs expected to decline through the year.” n

Andrada secures additional supply from a tin ore body at Goantagab.

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