As part of the group’s commitment to the development of SMMEs, small-scale miners are given opportunities to mine in the group’s areas.

The group recognises that greater ownership of mining industry assets by historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSAs) is a means of encouraging and giving effect to the entry of HDSAs into the mining industry, thereby allowing the mining and mineral resources of South Africa to be of benefit to all South Africans. The Gariep joint venture was the first of such ventures and has proved to be self-sufficient. Its revenue for the financial year amounted to R17,3 million.