Chromite containing PGMs in South Africa For what its worth: The following info is from https://www.turnstone.ca/ug-2chr.htm. Glencore Xstrata have world-class expertise in Chromite mining with and without PGE contents which they are well able to recover. "The UG-2 ore is found in both eastern and western limbs of the S Afr complex, and the two famous reefs are destined to be the major suppliers of platinum, in particular, for the forseeable future. The Merensky and UG-2 reefs host some 90% of the world's known PGE reserves and produce roughly 80% of the Pt and 20% of the Pd mined each year. The UG-2 is quite thin, 75-150 cm from top to base, typically with about 7 parts per million by weight of (Pt + Pd + Rh + Au). This is a rich grade, compared with most PGE-bearing deposits, and combined with the great lateral extent of the gently- dipping reefs explains the primacy of the two principal reefs. Furthermore, the Bushveld ores are relatively rich in Pt, whereas elsewhere in the world many deposits show higher proportions of the generally-cheaper Pd. Curiously, the CR2O3 content is quite modest, generally near 32 weight percent, and without the high PGE "coproduct" value, the UG-2 might not be an economically viable chrome deposit." The ROF has very high grade Chromites & in addition has every possibility of substantial PGEs in both higher & lower grade Chromites, etc; which as previously posted may now be even more of interest to the combined Glencore Xstrata with or without ROF partners. Above from Graham Wilson, 29 October 2006
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