1 - 3 September 2010

Sheraton Perth Hotel, WA

Maredi Mphahlele
Managing Director
Nkwe Platinum Ltd

Maredi holds a BSc (Engineering) in Mineral Resource Management and a Diploma in Mine Surveying from the University of the Witwatersrand. He gained considerable investment and project finance experience whilst employed as Business Analyst at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited ("IDC"). At the IDC, he worked, in teams with chartered accountants, engineers and other professionals, on feasibility evaluations of manufacturing companies and projects throughout South Africa. He also assessed applications for Asset-Based Finance. Before joining the IDC, he worked for De Beers Consolidated Mines (Premier Mine), where he was involved in ore deposit viability evaluations, mining grade optimisation and mine planning. Maredi sits on boards of various engineering, trading and mining companies, including Zytech-Valvestock (Pty ) Ltd (a subsidiary of the large US based valve company Zytech, which supplies petrochemical valves to Sasol, Engen, Caltex, Fluor Daniels etc), Klerksdorp Mining Suppliers (Pty) Ltd (supplier of consumables / screening equipment to gold, platinum and chrome mines), and Ixia Trading (a junior platinum mining company). Maredi is also a member of the Business Advisory Team that is tasked with implementing industrial, agricultural and mining businesses for the Mpahlele area in Limpopo Province in the Northern part of South Africa.