Vantage Goldfields takes its fight for Barbrook mine and Lily mine to ConCourt
- Published on 24 Jul 2023
- HR Pulse News Desk
After losing five cases, Australian resources company Vantage Goldfields has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in its relentless attempt to stop the sale of Mpumalanga sister gold mines, Barbrook and Lily, to a prospective buyer.
This after the company lost its appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) on 27 June. It had been Vantage Goldfield’s fifth court loss against Arqomanzi, which had been prepared to invest R472 million to re-open the mines, which are situated in Louisville outside Barberton.
The mines were put under business rescue in 2016 after an entrance to the shaft of Lily Mine collapsed on 5 February and buried three workers who were in a container office that plunged underground. As a result, the two mines were closed and about 1,000 workers were retrenched.
The bodies of the three workers – Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyirenda and Yvonne Mnisi – are still buried at Lily Mine. According to Vantage Goldfields, its purpose in approaching the ConCourt is to challenge two conflicting judgments by the SCA. Another point it will seek to clarify is the ceding of claims. Arqomanzi said it would be filing an answering affidavit to enable the ConCourt to decide whether it should grant Vantage Goldfields leave to appeal or not.
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Source: SA Labour News
