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Underground operations focus on specialised, mechanised mining capabilities delivered through dedicated expertise and technical services.

Mechanised Underground O&M: Offered through Longmech Mining, Minopex provides advanced mechanised underground mining services, particularly suited to caving methods such as block, panel, and sublevel caving. Our multidisciplinary teams include mining engineers, drill and blast specialists, planners, surveyors, and technical experts, delivering end-to-end mining solutions.

o Scope of Services

  • Mechanised underground contract mining, including:

· Mine development

· Secondary support

· Long-hole drilling and production

· Specialist caving operations (block cave)

  • Underground infrastructure development support (construction, equipping, and maintenance)
  • SMART trackless mobile machine performance monitoring systems.

Global Operations Footprint

Minopex operates through a network of wholly owned subsidiaries, enabling consistent service delivery across multiple regions:

South Africa

  • West Coast Plant Operations (Pty) Ltd
  • Northern Cape Plant Operations (Pty) Ltd
  • South Coast Plant Operations (Pty) Ltd

Southern Africa

  • Lazenby Holding (Botswana)
  • Minopex Botswana (Botswana)
  • Minopex Lesotho (Lesotho)
  • Minopex Mozambique Ltd (Mozambique)

East & West Africa

  • Minopex East Africa Operations (Ethiopia)
  • DRA Sierra Leone Ltd (Sierra Leone)

Middle East & Europe

  • DRA Saudi Arabia LLC (Saudi Arabia)
  • Minopex EU Operations (Greece)