Tau Tona (Great Lion) Gold Mine, South Africa: Johnny Clegg goes underground, Video, Map and News

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Johnny Clegg goes underground at Tau Tona gold mine - Video


Video Description
Beginning at the site of worlds greatest cataclysm, which created the natural landscape and geology of the Reef, Johnny Clegg follows that elusive thread of gold, and the manmade landscape it has created in its wake, to discover the diverse ways in which artists have imagined and responded to it. On his journey Johnny meets artists Marcus Neustetter, Willem Boshoff, Sam Nhlengethwa, David Goldblatt, Hugh Masekela and Jo Ractliffe. He also ventures down the worlds deepest gold mine; samples age-old distilled beverages, and revisits memories of his childhood growing up on the reef. Source: MiningWeekly.com.

Tau Tona (Great Lion) Gold Mine
TauTona is a gold mine in South Africa. At some 3.9 kilometers deep it is currently home to the world's deepest mining operations.

The mine is one of the three Western Deep Levels mines of the West Wits gold field west of Johannesburg. The mine is near the town of Carletonville. TauTona neighbours the Mponeng and Savuka mines, and TauTona and Savuka share processing facilities. All three are owned by AngloGold Ashanti.

By 2008, the mine reached some 3.9 km underground. This made it the deepest mine in the world, surpassing the 3,585 m deep East Rand Mine by a considerable margin. This new shaft extended the depth from its previous 3.6 km, and will extend the mine's life to 2015. Source: Wikipedia, Tau Tona

AngloGold Ashanti
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company has 21 operations on 4 continents and a number of exploration programmes in both the established and new gold-producing regions of the world.

As at 31 December 2009, AngloGold Ashanti’s Ore Reserve totalled 71.4Moz and it employed 63,364 people, including contractors. Gold production for the year totalled 4.60Moz (2008: 4.98Moz), generating $3.8bn in sales revenue. Capital expenditure in 2009 was $1bn. Source: AngloGold Ashanti.

Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg is a dancer, Anthropologist, singer, songwriter, academic, activist and French knight. Born in Bacup, near Rochdale, England, in 1953, to an English father and Zimbabwean mother, he was brought up in his mother’s native land of Zimbabwe. Source: JohnnyClegg.com


Interactive Satellite Map
Explore the Tau Tona Gold Mine, Carletonville, South Africa. Click the yellow placemark. To Pan: click and drag or take advantage of the pan and zoom bars. 


 
 


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May 10, 2015