Mr Maredi Mphahlele

Managing Director

Mr. Mphahlele holds a BSc (Engineering) in Mineral Resource Management and a Diploma in Mine Surveying from the University of the Witwatersrand. He gained considerable investment and project finance experience whilst employed as Business Analyst at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (“IDC”). At the IDC, he worked, in teams with chartered accountants, engineers and other professionals, on feasibility evaluations of manufacturing companies and projects throughout South Africa. He also assessed applications for Asset-Based Finance. Before joining the IDC, he worked for De Beers Consolidated Mines (Premier Mine), where he was involved in ore deposit viability evaluations, mining grade optimisation and mine planning. Maredi sits on boards of various engineering, trading and mining companies, including Zytech-Valvestock (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of the large US based valve company Zytech, which supplies petrochemical valves to Sasol, Engen, Caltex, Fluor Daniels etc), Klerksdorp Mining Suppliers (Pty) Ltd (supplier of consumables / screening equipment to gold, platinum and chrome mines), and Ixia Trading (a junior platinum mining company). Maredi is also a member of the Business Advisory Team that is tasked with implementing industrial, agricultural and mining businesses for the Mphahlele area in Limpopo Province in the Northern part of South Africa.

Mr Peter Landau, LLB, B.Comm

Executive Director & Joint Company Secretary

Mr. Landau (LLB, B.Comm) is a  former corporate lawyer and corporate advisor having previously worked with Grange Consulting Group, Clayton Utz and as general counsel at Co-operative Bulk Handling. He has been responsible for providing general corporate, capital raising, transaction and strategic advice to numerous ASX listed and unlisted companies. Mr Landau has project managed a significant number of oil and gas mining exploration and development transactions including capital raisings, M & A, joint ventures and financings. Mr Landau has been a Director of a number of ASX and AIM listed companies with particular focus on mining, oil and gas exploration and development in Australia and Africa.
He is currently a Director of Range Resources Limited, Nkwe Platinum Limited and Continental Capital Limited.

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Ms Mokganyentsi Sithole

Executive Director & Joint Company Secretary

Ms Sithole holds Masters in education (University of Witwatersrand) 1. She’s currently an Executive Director of Nkwe Platinum responsible for Corporate Affairs. An experienced Executive with a track record of achievement spanning 15 years at a senior level in both public and private organisations. Work experience in a variety of sectors, including education, ICT for development, human resource development, television broadcasting, and consulting. Team leader of BEE and Stakeholder Relation at Multichoice: Corporate Affairs. Experienced in establishing and leading business units and companies, including establishing the Central North District of Gauteng Education, MultiChoice Africa Foundation, Uweso Investments and Sinel Import and Export. Also experienced in conducting business partnership and business negotiations.

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Mr Sharif Pandor

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Pandor (DSE, University of Botswana) has community development experience spanning more than 20 years and serves on the boards of several mining and industrial companies. Sharif is also chairman of Genorah Resources and a director of Blue Nightingale 709 Trading. Genorah has substantial PGM and chrome interests and Blue Nightingale 709 Trading has significant interests in PGMs and Uranium.

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Mr Mxoleli Nkuhlu

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Nkuhlu holds B. Juris, LLB (University of Transkei) (Advocate of the High Court of South Africa). He is experienced in a number of fields in institutional administration and corporate governance. As a legal practitioner, he has been involved in a variety of legal matters both commercial and non-commercial. In addition to his skill in negotiation and alternative dispute resolution in general, Mxoleli has on several occasions served as an assessor on the bench within the Witwatersrand Local Division of the High Court of South Africa, now known as the South Gauteng High Court.

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Mr André van der Merwe

Project Manager

Mr. Van der Merwe holds degrees in Geology and Geophysics and a Postgraduate Diploma in Mining Engineering. He has a long history of involvement in the mining industry, starting with JCI in the 1980’s, and include his involvement as Regional Manager with consultancy group RSG Global and more recently SRK Consulting as Principal Geologist and Partner. Andre’s previous experience in managing feasibility programs brings valuable capacity to the team at Nkwe.