South Africa Gold Mining Challenges

Question

Explain three problems facing gold mining in South Africa.

Answer

- Deepening of mines of gold bearing rocks which lie deeply underground hence experiencing to mine.
- Low Gold content in the ore because of exhaustion
- Poor quality of the ore as the mines get deeper
- Labour shortage is due to competition of labour from other sectors and the increasing demands by laborers like wages married staff quarters.
- Inadequate water supply on the surface areas as gold requires large amounts of water for purification.
- Exhaustion of mines eg the old rand mines.

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South Africa Gold Mining Challenges

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