Boschkrans Coal Mine

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Boschkrans Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Bethal, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Boschkrans Coal Mine	Bethal, Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga, South Africa	-26.3719534, 29.7055655 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	Exploration	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
1.2	–	–	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	60*	*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	31	Highveld, Ermelo	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Puckree Group	Puckree Group	South Africa

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Boschkrans coal project is a proposed coal project, owned by Puckree Group, to produce 1.2 million tonnes per annum, near Bethal in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

With no project updates publicized in recent years, the project appears to be shelved. Boschkrans was originally planned as an underground mine, however the acquisition of an adjacent prospecting right will enable the mine to begin mining with opencast methods and later use underground methods. This also increases the reserves.

The status of Boschkrans is that once regulatory approval for the acquisition is in place, further exploration drilling will be done. As of June 2018, four Prospecting Rights have been drilled to measure resource status at Boschkrans.

• Operator:
• Owner: Puckree Group
• Location: Near Bethal, in Govan Mbeki Municipality, Gert Sibande district, Mpumalanga province
• GPS Coordinates: -26.3719534, 29.7055655 (approximate)
• Status: Shelved
• Production Capacity: 1.2 Mtpa
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 31 Mt
• Coal Type:
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: open cast, underground
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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