Orion is now targeting to restore its properties within Okiep to the historic production-levels of 20 000 to 50 000 tons of copper production per year.
Nababeep tungsten mines, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa : Tungsten deposits in a horizon of migmatitic high-grade metapelites in the so-called Wolfram formation (or Wolfram mine schist formation) below a granite sheet. The schist horizon can be traced over ...
On 17 April 2024, Orion Minerals Ltd (ASX/JSE: ORN) advised that it has taken another key step in its strategy to become a leading diversified international base metals producer after it and all the relevant parties, other than the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) (which is in the process of finalising internal …
The mine at O'okiep had been in operation since 1855 and was considered to be one of the richest copper mines in the world. The population of O'okiep in April …
Nababeep, Northern Cape: South Africa's sole listed copper producer, Copper 360 (AltX CPR), today announced a significant upgrade of its mineral resources at the company's Rietberg mine. The total resource of Contained Copper increased by 220% from 25 275 tons in 2022 to 81 200 tons with the maiden and indicated resource of 60 …
Nababeep is the headquarters of the Okiep Copper Company and the largest of Namaqualand's copper mining towns. There is an interesting little museum displaying the history of the copper boom and an old Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive, named "Clara", once used on the railway to Port Nolloth to transport copper ore, coal …
Derived from the Nama word 'U-gieb', meaning 'the great, brackish spring', Okiep was, until production ceased in 1918, the world's richest copper mine. Okiep is the oldest mining town in South Africa where copper was first discovered and mined in 1855. Eight kilometres north of Springbok, it echoes copper's boom years.
Main Road, Nababeep, Northern Cape, 8265 | +27 27 713 8341 ... O'Okiep Copper Company. Construction and earth moving equipment rentals. Construction and earth moving equipment rentals. O'Okiep Copper Company evolved from mining to a plant equipment rental company after the closure of the mine in 2004. We provide rentals …
Copper mining deposit report for "Deposit #22625" (#22625) in Northern Cape, South Africa. ... The Ookiep Copper-Silver Mine, located near Springbok in South Africa, was first discovered in 1685 by an expedition commissioned by Governor Simon Van Der Stel. ... 1852 (SMALL OPERATORS) 1940 (O'OKIEP). INFORMATION MERGED FROM …
North of Springbok, Nababeep's name combines two Nama words, naba, meaning 'hump of an animal' and bib, meaning 'small spring'. Mining began in the 1850s and, from 1876, ore was taken to Port Nolloth by train, for export. The mine closed during the copper slump of 1919, but reopened in 1937.
The O'okiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and 2002, the 2,500 km2 area yielded two million tons of copper from 32 mines ranging …
Okiep is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. South Africa. Northern Cape. Namakwa. Nama Khoi Local Municipality. Okiep ... Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0. Localities in the Area. Springbok. Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The copper mines in the Okiep district of Namaqualand are steeped in the history of South African mining and geology. The most famous mineral specimen-producing copper mine …
The town of Nababeep in the Northern Cape. ... The mine closed during the copper slump of 1919, but reopened in 1937. Today, it is home to the Okiep Copper Company and is the region's largest copper-mining town. The town is renowned for its Namakwa wildflowers and its rocky hills are filled with bursts of colour during spring. The best time ...
South Africa's prospective Northern Cape province on Tuesday received yet another promising forward nudge along the road to copper-revival in the form of development obstacles being moved out of ...
Okiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa : The Okiep mine was one of the largest and oldest in the district …
Nababeep, Namaqualand. Little over 20 km north west of Springbok lies the small village of Nababeep, a former copper-mining town in the heart of the Namaqualand, its quaint sounding name an amalgamation of two Nama words – 'naba' or hump of an animal, and 'bib' or small spring – which translates into place of the rhinoceros.. It is a little beep of a …
The other principal mines of the area are at Carolusberg and Nababeep. Okiep's mine saw action on 4 April 1902 during the Anglo-Boer war when some 700 officers and men of the 3rd Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment, 5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Namaqualand Border Scouts, the Town Guard and the Cape Garrison Artillery, withstood a 30-day ...
The Okiep Copper Project (OCP) is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, approximately 570km north of Cape Town and 450km west of the Company's flagship …
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Conflict has erupted in Concordia, a small and rocky town of 5,000 people in the copper district of the Northern Cape. Copper 360, a JSE-listed mining company, has started mining in the town through its subsidiary Shirley Hayes-IPK (SHiP).
Copper developer Orion Minerals has reached an agreement to access and acquire the surface rights for about 12,000ha of farmland owned by Mora Please in the Northern Cape.
O'Okiep Copper Company. Main Road, Nababeep, Northern Cape, 8265 | +27 27 713 8341 . Welcome to O'Okiep Copper Company Contact Details: Main Road. Nababeep. Tel: +27 (0)27 713 8341. Fax: 027 713 8341. Plant Hire Enquiry: Excavators, Front End Loaders, Tippers and Water trucks ...
The O'okiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and 2002, the 2,500 km2 area yielded two million tons of copper from 32 mines ranging in ore tonnages ...
Nababeep is the largest Copper Mining Town in Namaqualand north of Springbok offering spectacular seasonal flower displays and historical artifacts of the Copper Boom of the 1800s. ... OKIEP PELLA PORT NOLLOTH AI AIS RICHTERSVELD TRANSFRONTIER PARK ... Springbok Accommodation Northern Cape Hotel, Conference Centre …
MFP1 will be able to process approximately 26 kt of ROM ore a month. It has been designed and largely built in-house by Copper 360, which has a strong engineering capability and is the inheritor of the workshop facilities – now upgraded and modernised – which used to belong to the O'okiep Copper Company.
The Okiep copper district covers an area of approximately 3000 [km.sup.2] in the Northern Cape Province and includes the towns of Springbok, Nababeep, Okiep, Concordia and Carolusberg. The geographic region is referred to as Namaqualand.
OKIEP COUNTRY HOTEL is a convenient stopover or holiday base for tourists, nature lovers, businessmen and travellers. The Hotel has a three star grading with the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa. Malcolm and his friendly staff offer you traditional country hospitality in a modern and elegant setting in the historic and restful town of Okiep, once …
Jan Coetzee Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa : Copper mine and one of the principal mines in this district, well known for large quartz crystals, located 11 km north of Nababeep. ... Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The Mineralogical Record 35(4) 289-317. Other Regions ...
Jan Coetzee Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa Dimensions: 7.2 cm x 3.3 cm x 2.9 cm 7.2 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm. An odd quartz specimen all-around! First, it is doubly-terminated, but not only that - the main crystal at one end has wrapped itself around (and terminated around) a quartz ...
The Jan Coetzee mine is one of the most famous in the district from the standpoint of mineral specimens, particularly large quartz crystals. It is located about 11 km north of …
Nababeep is situated about 300 miles north of Cape Town in the well dissected escarpment belt of Little Namaqualand separating the interior plateau from the Atlantic coastal plain.
Orion is currently undertaking due diligence work at Okiep and the company has estimated Inferred Mineral Resources at the Flat Mine (Nababeep), Jan Coetzee Mine and Nababeep Kloof Mine deposits for a total of 2.5 million tonnes grading at 1.4% copper for 35 000 tonnes (t) of contained copper.
The O'okiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and 2002, the 2,500 km 2 area yielded two million tons of copper from 32 …