Death of Ms Dolly Mokgatle
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11 January 2021
Bushveld Minerals Limited
("Bushveld Minerals", "Bushveld" or the "Company")
Death of Ms Dolly Mokgatle
Bushveld Minerals Limited (AIM: BMN) regrets to announce the death of Ms Dolly Mokgatle, independent non-executive director of the Company. The Board extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to Ms Mokgatle's family and would like to take this opportunity to express its thanks for her contribution to the Company.
Ms Mokgatle joined the Board of Bushveld in March 2020, having already had a hugely distinguished career as a business leader in South Africa, holding various significant leadership positions within several of South Africa's state-owned enterprises, as well as within the private sector. As a senior advisor to the government on electricity-related matters, Ms Mokgatle made contributions that have shaped the country's energy policy.
Ian Watson, Chairman of Bushveld Minerals Limited, commented:
"The news of the passing of Mrs Dolly Mokgatle following her joining our Board of Directors in March 2020 is a great loss for us. Dolly quickly immersed herself in her role on our Board and was a delight to work with, providing much insight and advice to not just me as the Chairperson, but to the broader Board. I was looking forward to a long journey with her and am deeply saddened to hear of her untimely passing.''
Fortune Mojapelo, CEO of Bushveld Minerals Limited, commented:
" We are all deeply saddened by this tragic news. In her short time with Bushveld, Dolly made a huge contribution to the Board, especially in what was a difficult year for everyone. On behalf of the Board, and everyone at Bushveld, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to her family, friends and colleagues."
ENDS
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ABOUT BUSHVELD MINERALS LIMITED
Bushveld Minerals is a low-cost, integrated, primary vanadium producer, with ownership of high-grade vanadium assets.
The Company's flagship vanadium platform includes a 74 per cent controlling interest in Bushveld Vametco Alloys (Pty) Ltd, a primary vanadium mining and processing company; 100 per cent of Bushveld Vanchem, a primary vanadium processing facility with a beneficiation plant; the Mokopane Vanadium Project and the Brits Vanadium Project.
Bushveld's vision is to become a significant, low-cost, integrated primary vanadium producer through owning high grade assets. Whilst the demand for vanadium remains largely anchored in the steel industry, Bushveld Minerals believes there is strong potential for an imminent and significant global vanadium demand surge from the fast-growing energy storage market, particularly through the use and adoption of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Bushveld Energy, the Company's energy storage solutions provider, plays a leading role in the development and promotion of the role of vanadium in this market.
The Company's approach to project development recognises that, whilst attractive project economics are imperative, they may be insufficient to secure capital to bring them to account. A clear path to production within a visible timeframe, low capital expenditure requirements and scalability are important factors in ensuring a positive return on investment. This philosophy is core to the Company's strategy in developing projects.
Detailed information on the Company and progress to date can be accessed on the website www.bushveldminerals.com .
About Vametco
Vametco is located near Brits on the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex. The integrated operation comprises a vanadium ore mine and a processing plant that produces mostly Nitrovan , a product sold in major steel markets across the world. The mine lies adjacent to the Brits Vanadium Project, which will in future serve as an alternative source of near surface run of mine ("ROM") ore feed to the Vametco plant.
The Vametco mining operation uses open pit bench mining methods to mine a well-defined orebody. The deposit is continuous with limited faulting and dips in a northerly direction at approximately 19 degrees.
ROM ore is fed into a primary, secondary and tertiary crushing circuit, followed by milling and magnetic separation to produce magnetite concentrates. The magnetite concentrates are fed into the extraction process which includes the kiln for roasting followed by leaching and precipitation. Thereafter the precipitated vanadium as ammonium metavanadate is converted to modified vanadium oxide ("MVO") in rotary calciners. MVO is fed into the mix plant and finally into the shaft furnaces to produce Nitrovan.
About Vanchem
Vanchem is situated at Ferrobank Industrial Park in Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province in the Republic of South Africa. Vanchem is a primary vanadium producing facility with a beneficiation plant capable of producing various vanadium oxides, ferrovanadium and vanadium chemicals. Vanchem uses the salt roast beneficiation process, similar to the one used at Vametco. The plant comprises: a core salt-roast processing plant, including 3 roasting kilns, an electric smelting ferrovanadium converter, an alumino-thermic smelting facility, also located at Highveld, a vanadium chemical plant; and a rail siding linking the plant with Bushveld deposits and additional potential supply sources through the national rail network.
About Bushveld Energy Limited
Bushveld Energy is a leading energy storage solutions provider, focusing on the African market. Bushveld Energy recognises that electricity in Africa intersects paramount potential for social transformation with an immense commercial opportunity.
Bushveld Energy is focused on developing and promoting the role of vanadium in the growing global energy storage market through application in vanadium redox flow batteries. Its near term strategy is to deploy several VRFB systems as part of its longer term vision to become a significant electricity storage provider in Africa, meeting the demand for utility scale energy storage in Africa by leveraging South Africa-mined and beneficiated vanadium.
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