JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Sizeable group mineral resources and reserves were reported on Tuesday by mining company Sibanye-Stillwater.

The four-element platinum group metals (PGMs) at the South African PGM operations of the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company total 177.3-million resource ounces (-2.0%) and 29.4-million reserve ounces (+4.7%).

The two-element PGMs at the company’s US PGM operations total 80.9-million resource ounces (+2.2%) and 19.4-million reserve ounces (+2.1%).

South African gold operations, including DRDGOLD and Burnstone, host gold resources of 36.4-million ounces (-25.5%) and gold reserves of 9.4-million ounces (-6.3%).

South African gold operations host 59.3-million pounds of uranium oxide resources (+0.1%) and 25.2-million pounds of uranium oxide reserves.

Lithium resources total 510 000 t lithium carbonate equivalent (-24.0%) and
lithium reserves of 248 000 t (unchanged) are reported, along with zinc resources of 963 000 t (-17.4%) and zinc reserves of 308 000 t (-44.2%) and copper resources of 5 500 000 t (-31.1%) and copper reserves of 478 000 t.

The declared resources and reserves for the group's managed operations and projects are the outcome of a detailed annual operational and life-of-mine planning process and are indicative of the considerable underlying asset base which supports sustainable, long-life production, Sibanye-Stillwater stated in a release to Mining Weekly.