Our mining team advises mining companies, mining and prospecting rights holders, financial institutions, beneficiaries and support industries.

In addition to work in South Africa, the mining team has undertaken projects in, inter alia, Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The firm was involved in the largest BEE mining transaction to date, namely the Anglo American/Kumba Resources/Eyesizwe Empowerment Project, which saw the creation of the country's largest listed empowerment company and one of the world's largest resources corporations. Subsequently, the firm has advised on the Impala Platinum Holdings and The Royal Bafokeng Nation, as well as the Lafarge South Africa and Sinako Holdings BEE transactions respectively. These deals have all been awarded for excellence.

Some of the mining team's more recent work includes advising Wesizwe Platinum on acquiring Africa Wide Mineral Prospecting and Exploration from Platinum Group Metals, advising on project financing for the Elandsfontein Platinum Mine Project, acting for Impala Platinum Holdings Limited in the US$2.3 billion Malagasy Ambatovy Nickel Project, and advising Implats on its acquisition of share capital from Afplats.

Bell Dewar is a company affiliate of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa.