Critical & Battery Metals
The metals in high-strength steel, electronics and energy storage, which the world needs far more of.
our work
NewRand Resources
What we explore for, and the careful, step-by-step way we go about it.
Critical Minerals
Battery Metals
Rare Earths
Precious Metals
Industrial Minerals
what we explore for
The Metals We Seek
From batteries and wind turbines to steel and electronics, the energy transition runs on metals South Africa can supply.
Rare Earth Elements
The elements behind the magnets in electric motors and wind turbines.
Precious & Industrial
Precious metals and the industrial minerals that modern manufacturing depends on.
Step 01
Read The Ground From Above
Satellite, radar and mineral-mapping imagery, read alongside the national geological record, to rank where to look first.
Step 02
Walk It, Map It, Sample It
Geological mapping, soil and rock sampling with the consent of landowners and communities, tested by accredited laboratories.
Step 03
Drill To Prove It
Targeted drilling on the strongest results, reported openly and to the standards of the SAMREC Code.
our process
From First Signal To Proven Ground
faq
Asked Questions
What is a prospecting right?
A prospecting right is granted by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). It allows its holder to explore for specified minerals over a defined area for up to five years, renewable once for up to three more years. It does not allow mining.
What does exploration actually involve?
It happens in stages, and each stage only goes ahead if the previous one justifies it. We start with desk studies and satellite, radar and mineral-mapping imagery. Next comes geological mapping and the collection of soil and rock samples, which accredited laboratories analyse. Where results are strong, we may carry out geophysical surveys and, finally, a limited number of drill holes.
When will work start on the ground?
Only once the required prospecting rights, environmental authorisation and consultation are in place. Nothing happens on anyone’s land before then, and landowners are given proper written notice before any access.
How do you report results?
To the standards of the South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (the SAMREC Code), signed off by an independent competent person. We do not make claims about results before they have been properly tested.
Does finding minerals mean a mine will follow?
Not necessarily, and usually not. Most exploration projects never become mines, because the deposit is too small, too low-grade or not economic. We will always be clear about what our results do and do not show.
How do you protect the environment?
Every exploration programme is governed by an approved environmental management programme under the National Environmental Management Act. We keep the footprint small, protect water and sensitive areas, and make financial provision, as the law requires, to rehabilitate every site we disturb.