June 2014
MODERN MINING
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EXPLORATION AND
GEOLOGY
feature
2006 and, since then, has successfully grown
and diversified the business. The original fam-
ily ownership of MSA has changed and in 2009
it became part of MOGS (Mining, Oil and Gas
Services), a division of Royal Bafokeng Holdings
(RBH). Royal Bafokeng controls Royal Bafokeng
Platinum (RBPlat), which operates the BRPM
mine and is developing Styldrift, and also has
the
field of geology
Drilling in Saudi Arabia on an exploration project
managed by The MSA Group.
3D view of a Block Model created with
CAE Studio 3, geological software used
by MSA.
Geological mapping in
south-east Turkey.
significant stakes in Impala Platinum (about
13 %) and Merafe Resources (about 29 %).
“The link-up with RBH – a unique success
story in its own right – has worked extremely
well and we enjoy being part of the Royal
Bafokeng family,” says Dr Ian Haddon, MSA’s
General Manager. “It means that we can claim
to be the largest black-owned mining and
