Valterra Platinum – Sandsloot Exploration Decline
Valterra Platinum’s Mogalakwena Sandsloot Exploration Decline operations faced significant ventilation constraints. The amount of primary airflow that could be drawn from the two declines was limited in the absence of the first ventilation raisebore being holed. The operation employs massive mining methods, and as a result, underground trackless mobile machinery with large engine ratings requires up to 45 m³/s of air to be delivered to the working faces.
