Buffelsfontein Gold Mine - Mining Technology
Mining Method. By 2014, Buffelsfontein gold mine is expected to produce 318,000oz per annum. Ore processing at Buffelsfontein gold mine includes semi autogenous grinding (SAG) milling, thickening, cyanide leaching, CIP, carbon processing. An accident at BGM on 4 May 2010 led to the closure of the Number Five shaft.